San Lorenzo de Azqueltán: Autonomous Wixarika y Tepehuan Community

On November 26, at approximately 5 p.m., an armed attack occurred at El Caracol, a property belonging to the Wixárika and Tepehuan autonomous community of San Lorenzo de Azqueltán, in the municipality of Villa Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico (https://bit.ly/3XwSKPl).

Following the attack, the murder of Marcos Aguilar Rojas, the community's agrarian representative, was confirmed. Gabriel Aguilar Rojas sustained gunshot wounds. The news was released in a statement issued by the National Indigenous Congress.

Read full Spanish-language article here.

 

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La ofensiva retórica de las instancias gubernamentales pronto intentó presentar los hechos como un conflicto entre particulares por la disputa de unos terrenos. La realidad resulta ser muy diferente y se explica en alguna medida por la historia. Foto X @azqueltan