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Opinion 51

Chiapas, a bomb about to explode

Organized crime seeks to control indigenous people in Chiapas, among other things, in order to expand its network of hired killers, but also to gain political posts that give them even more control and resources.
Chiapas, a bomb about to explode
By Bibiana Belsasso

The state of Chiapas is under dispute between criminal groups, generating unsustainable violence for the population. The conflict in that state has gone from being a social issue to one of organized crime.

Through the border with Chiapas, everything enters, from drugs to migrants, from firearms to children used for human trafficking. But also through this border comes out what they want to disappear, such as stolen cars and motorcycles. This is the market that these criminal groups are fighting over.

Hundreds of people have been displaced from their communities, mothers are terrified that drug trafficking groups will take their children away from them to join the ranks of organized crime. These criminals come for the young people, those who do not leave voluntarily are murdered in cold blood.

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