Indigenous Tojolabales from Chiapas, victims of forced displacement

 

By Angeles Mariscal

Chiapas Paralelo, March 11, 2015

 

Camps of people displaced from the village Primero de Agosto. Photo: Angeles Mariscal / Chiapas Paralelo

 

57 people, indigenous Tojolabales from the community of Primero de Agosto, municipality of Las Margaritas, Chiapas, were displaced from their village by members of the Independent Central of Agricultural and Campesino Workers – Historical (CIOAC-H), on February 23, in order to take from them 73 hectares of land.

In Chiapas thousands of people are currently victims of forced displacement, as part of the strategy to deprive them of their land and territory; while businessmen and politicians take over large areas in order to devote them to the extractive industry.

 

Sign in support of the displaced families of Primero de Agosto: http://redtdt.org.mx/2015/03/desplazamiento-forzado-de-familias-tojolabales-del-poblado-primero-de-agosto/

http://www.chiapasparalelo.com/noticias/chiapas/2015/03/indigenas-tojolabales-de-chiapas-victimas-de-desplazamiento-forzado/

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