With formal support from traditional Wixárika authorities, the Consejo del Patrimonio Cultural Originario (Council for Native Cultural Heritage), announces that it has presented a legal demand to Mexico's INDAUTOR (entity in charge of copyrights) for the cultural appropriation carried out by Mexican artist, César Menchaca and his company, Menchaca Studio. For well over a decade Menchaca has created giant beaded figures displaying sacred symbols in Wixarika culture. These works, featured in Dubai, Las Vegas and Mexico City were created through contracting Wixarika artisans.

Declaration with the Wixarika Regional Council on the mining concessions that remain active in Wirikuta despite recent judicial victories that led to the cancelation of 44 concessions. The declaration analyzes the judicial advances, considers the pending actions to effectively protect the sacred territory, and exposes the demands that include the respect for sustainable development for the small farmer communities that live in the region.

Statement issued by the Wixarika Union of Ceremonial Centers of Jalisco, Durango and Nayarit that recognizes the legal victory that cancels 44 mining concessions in the sacred place of Wirikuta, but that leaves 23 concessions active despite international and national agreements.

Diego Galeana Jiménez, presiding judge of the Fourth District Court of San Luis Potosí, granted a writ of *amparo* (constitutional protection) to the Wixárika people, ordering the nullification of 44 mining concession titles located within the Wirikuta protected natural area and sacred site—concessions that had been issued during the six-year presidential term of Felipe Calderón Hinojosa (2006–2012).

Following the toppling of the "Monument of the Deer" (*Monumento del Venado*), the Municipal President of Bolaños, Trino Sandoval González, convened Wixárika and *mestizo* leaders for a dialogue session to address the conflict and help contain the climate of social tension currently prevailing in the municipality.

Statement presented by the Commission for Self-Determination and Autonomy of Tuxpan and San Sebastián Teponahuaxtlán, Mezquitic, and Bolaños, Jalisco, regarding the events of recent days—specifically the blockade—as well as their concerns and the conditions for entering into the dialogue convened by the municipal government following the conflict concerning changes to the system of governance within the Municipality of Bolaños.

After 15 years of litigation, the Fourth District Court in the state ruled to grant *amparo* relief to the Wixárika people, ordering the relevant authorities to revoke the mining concession titles within the Wirikuta Natural Sacred Site Protected Natural Area, and further mandating that, henceforth, any granting of concessions must be subject to consultation.

Pronouncement and press release by the Wixarika Regional Council in Mexico City regarding the UNESCO's recognition of their pilgrimage route to Wirikuta.

We are pleased to close out another year with progress in all our areas of operation. We appreciate the participation and support of the public and look forward to what we have in store for 2026.

The historically marginalized and isolated Indigenous Wixárika towns of Northern Jalisco,  will soon gain improved road connections, thanks to a program by Mexico’s Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT).