Ayotzinapa: An Opportunity to Move Forward
The FGR’s arrest of ex-Governor Ángel Aguirre—accused of ordering footage of the Iguala bus destroyed—revives a case stalled for nearly 12 years.
Guerrero
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Ex-Governor of Guerrero Ángel Aguirre Arrested; Accused of Hiding Evidence on the 43 of Ayotzinapa
Aguirre governed Guerrero when the 43 vanished in Iguala in 2014; he is the first former governor detained in the case under the FGR’s new probe.
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Claudia Sheinbaum Announces Cancellation of La Parota Dam in Guerrero; Water Wells Will Be Built Instead
After a two-decade grassroots fight against the CFE dam on the Papagayo River, the government will supply Acapulco with radial wells and tanks instead.
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Guerrero’s Montaña Baja & the Siego of Micro-criminality
The arrival of mining companies in the area represents a benefit for criminal groups that impose fees & extortion to allow the extraction and transport of minerals.
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Mexican State Apologizes for its Responsibility in Forced Disappearance of Gregorio Alfonso Alvarado López
Gregorio Alvarado was a teacher, poet, father, and Indigenous social leader who was forcibly disappeared along with his family, after months of surveillance & persecution in September 1996.
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Collectives: Sending Army to Guerrero Won’t Solve Violence Against Indigenous People
“In 11 years we have documented at least 76 murders and 25 disappearances; while the Mexican State has shown an attitude of complete indifference towards the desperation of Indigenous peoples.”
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The Horror of Violence
To build peace in Guerrero, criminal structures must be dismantled; it is a legal imperative to prosecute those who threaten the lives and safety of people and to guarantee the protection of communities and families subjected to criminal violence.
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Criminal Group Los Ardillos Attack in Guerrero, Four Members Disappear, Indigenous Org CIPOG-EZ Reports
The towns of Xicotlán and Tula were occupied by the criminal group after four days of attacks, displacing over a thousand people.
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Tribute to Guerrilla Lucio Cabañas, 51 Years After His Death
On December 2, 1974 the rural teacher, guerrilla & founder of Mexico’s Party of the Poor died during a confrontation with the Mexican military in a coffee-growing jungle of El Otatal.
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Tribute to ex-Governor Rubén Figueroa Sparks Criticism for Role in Guerrero’s Dirty War
A Sunday tribute by the Morena state government to the murderous architect of the state’s Dirty War, responsible for thousands of deaths & disappearances, has provoked a furious response.
