At least there are about twenty people deceased due to conflicts between at least two criminal groups It’s in the town of Chicomuselo in the Mexican state of Chiapas, near the border with Guatemala.
According to the Mexican newspaper ‘Millennium’, local civil society reported that the incident, which lasted approximately seven hours, occurred between the armed groups Jalisco New Generation Cartel and Sinaloa Cartel, which were present in the region last week.
The violence caused fear among families who fled from affected communities to other municipalities. “The community of Nueva Morelia had to leave on January 5 because there was no security to stay in their homes, because no authority guarantees security” reads a statement. According to the media outlet in question, at the end of December, residents of the town of El Limonar, also in Chiapas, fled after armed men entered their homes.
Those affected asked for support from Human Rights groups and authorities: “We demand that the three levels of government act in accordance with the law, that what was stolen be returned to the people: our freedom, our material goods obtained through our labor, so many jobs, our workplaces, the education of our children, security,” they demanded. .