“The Caravan of Caravans”, announced by the National Indigenous Congress leaving Mexico City, arrived on Saturday in the territory of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN). commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the uprising in Caracol Dolores, Ocosingo, southern Chiapas State.
The Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Human Rights Center emphasized that it has so far registered 725 people from six states of the republic and twenty countries who will participate in the march to the south of Mexico.
The contingent, comprising 10 buses, reached the spot around 11.30 am. Ocosingo-Mount Lebanon Cruise, heading to Caracol Dolores in the Lacandona Jungle.
During the tour they were guarded by civil protection forces and then accompanied only by members of the EZLN.
At the front was a van with members of the group Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Human Rights Center, who accompanied this first group to the end without incident.
From Ocosingo to Caracol Dolores, visitors and locals showed enthusiasm and greeted each other. This caravan was accompanied by passenger cars of artists who were also there and sympathized with the uprising movement that emerged publicly in 1994.
In one of the buses was a blanket more than two meters long with the inscription: “Stop the war against the Mexican people and the world, stop the war against the Zapatista people. National Coordination Area.”
24 hours before the end of the year and as part of the festivities, the Zapatistas will carry out cultural and sporting activities in Caracol. This means that guest registration continues.
Thirty years after the armed uprising of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN), activists and supporters invited people to reflect on this social struggle, in which the Zapatistas managed to reclaim the land stolen from them, but also new roads and areas opened for construction. of schools and health centers that promote the development of indigenous peoples and communities.
The EZLN is a movement that developed an autonomous project in the south of the country and was founded in 1994 as a movement to defend the rights of indigenous communities.
Activists, NGOs and communities highlighted the climate of ‘civil war’ prevailing in the state, armed conflict, the presence of organized crime groups and drug cartels. This has led to killings, disappearances and forced relocations, especially in indigenous and related communities. to the Zapatista de Libertação Nacional (EZLN) army.
The director of the Center for Human Rights, Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, Dora Robledo, explained in Aristegui en Vivo that the people of Chiapas are reporting a situation of war and insecurity and that their responsibility lies with the government.
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(With information from EFE and Aristegui Noticias)
Source: La Neta Neta
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