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On May 8th, the Permanent Commission of the 115 Community Members and Displaced Persons of Magdalena Aldama reported the death of Pedro Lunez Perez from gunshots while he was at home in the community of Coco, municipality of Aldama.
In addition, the incident occurred while elements of the National Guard and the state police were in the same community as the deceased, reports the Fray Bartolome de Las Casas center for Human Rights C.A. (Frayba) in an urgent action they issued after the murder.
The Commission reported that high-caliber bullets were fired from the territory of Santa Martha, municipality of Chenalho from May 7th. In recent days, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) granted precautionary measures to 12 Tzotzil indigenous communities of Aldama and suggested that the Mexican State “adopt the necessary and culturally pertinent security measures to protect the life and integrity of the people, guarantee their security in their localities and during their movements.”
For more information in Spanish:
Paramilitares de Chenalhó atacan pueblo de Aldama; matan a joven (La Jornada, 9 de mayo de 2021)
Reportan muerte de tzotzil tras ataque armado en municipio de Aldama, Chiapas (El Universal, 8 de mayo de 2021)
Grupo paramilitar mata a joven en municipio indígena de Chiapas (Animal Político, 9 de mayo de 2021)
For more inofrmation from SIPAZ:
Chiapas/International: IACHR Grants Cautionary Measures for 12 Communities in Aldama (April 29, 2021)
Chiapas: Violence Continues in Aldama and Chenalho (April 13, 2021)
Chiapas: Attacks Continue in Aldama and Chenalho (March 29, 2021)
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