This Human Rights Center considers unacceptable the violence exercised by the group known as “non-cooperatives,” lead by the “Army of God, Eagles' Wings” against adherents to The Other Campaign in the community of Mitzitón, San Cristóbal de Las Casas (SCLC), Chiapas; this violence was carried out in the presence of state officials and left two people with serious injuries.

The Centre for Human Rights Fray Bartolomé de la Casas A.C. (FRAYBA) condemns the murder of human rights defender Mariano Abarca Roblero and seeks justice in the form of a thorough investigation, that delivers effective and objective results, and that all the perpetrators be punished, including both the actual murderers and the instigators of this crime. Similarly the authorities responsible for guaranteeing the life and personal integrity of Mariano Abarca Roblero should be held accountable for failing to protect him.

An employee of the Human Rights Center Fray Bartolome de Las Casas (Frayba) was brutally attacked on September 18th. The attack occurred in Ejido Jotola, in the municipality of Chilon. The attackers were armed and are members of OPDDIC – the Organization for the Defense of the Rights of Indigenous and Campesinos. Because of the seriousness of the attack, please find below the Frayba press release in its entirety.