On 6 August, civil organizations published the report “Generalized violence in Venustiano Carranza” which, according to information collected during a civil observation mission, “seeks to clarify the violent acts which took place in Venustiano Carranza on 5 Mayo 2013” between campesinos from the Emiliano Zapata Campesina Organization-Casa del Pueblo, associated with the National Front for the Struggle toward Socialism (OCEZ-CP-FNLS), and the Emiliano Zapata Campesina Organization-Chiapas (OCEZ-Chiapas).
The organizations indicate that these acts derived from the “lack of interest on the part of the state government in resolving these demands from both sides. The government’s actions before, during, and after 5 May have generated polarization and a wave of violence in the municipality.”
The report recalls that “the result of these [factors] are the following: the murder of two persons, Sebastián Martínez Gómez and José Luis Gómez Gómez; the displacement of 49 families, who to date live in a highly vulnerable situation without the government working to guarantee conditions for their return or relocation; damage to 42 homes, 22 vehicles, and 8 shops; the arbitrary detention of 19 campesinos by the State Police and Public Ministry under the orders of the General Secretary of Governance; nine persons arbitrarily incarcerated; two tortured persons; and 167 arrest-orders which are still to be carried out.”
For more information (in Spanish):
Informe: Violencia generalizada en la cabecera municipal de Venustiano Carranza (OSC, 6 de agosto de 2013)
For more information from SIPAZ (in English):
Chiapas: Worsening of situation in Venustiano Carranza (24 June 2013)
Chiapas: 5 are arrested for violence in the Venustiano Carranza municipality (7 June 2013)
Chiapas: Conflict erupts in Venustiano Carranza, with two dead and several injured (17 May 2013)
Chiapas: Denunciation of residents of Candelaria El Alto, Venustiano Carranza regarding the “El Desengaño” territory (25 March 2012)
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