Over 4,000 residents flee a town in southern Mexico after armed …
Jun 10, 2024 · More than 4,000 residents of the town of Tila in southern Mexico fled over the weekend after armed gangs shot up the town and burned many homes last week, state prosecutors said. It was probably the biggest mass displacement in Chiapas since 1997.
Chiapas News - Mexico Daily Post
Chiapas News Hard blow to the Motonetos gang in San Cristobal, 16 arrested and more than 200 vehicles seized
Drug cartels’ turf war in Mexico’s Chiapas state sends villagers ...
Aug 22, 2024 · An escalating turf war engulfing much of Mexico’s heavily Indigenous Chiapas state has displaced thousands as gangs battle for drug- and gun-trafficking routes.
More than 30 bodies pulled from hidden graves in Mexico ... - CBS News
Dec 31, 2024 · Mexican authorities said they recovered a total of 31 bodies from pits in a southeastern state plagued by cartel violence since they began excavating the improvised graves at the weekend.
Chiapas violence: Hundreds flee cartel battles in southern Mexico - BBC
Jan 23, 2024 · Hundreds of people have fled their homes in southern Mexico as rival cartels fight for control of routes used to smuggle drugs and migrants. Locals described cowering in their homes while bullets...
Warring Criminal Groups Are Targeting Civilians in Chiapas, Mexico
Aug 27, 2024 · An intensification of violence in Chiapas, Mexico is pushing the number of displaced and missing people to new highs, data accessed by InSight Crime shows.
Massive displacement latest sign of fear in ... - Associated Press News
Jun 25, 2024 · Residents are fleeing the town due to organized crime-related violence. The store sign reads in Spanish, “Peace.” (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) It was night when residents began hearing gunshots in the remote southern Mexico town of Tila.
11 people die in mass shootings in cartel-plagued part of Mexico …
May 15, 2024 · Eleven people were killed Tuesday in mass shootings in a small town in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas, the state prosecutor's office said, marking at least the fourth mass killing in the...
19 bodies found in abandoned truck in the violence-heavy Mexican ... - CNN
Jul 2, 2024 · At least 19 bodies were discovered on Monday in an abandoned truck in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, near the border with Guatemala, according to the state’s attorney general.
11 people die in shootings in small town in southern Mexico state …
May 15, 2024 · MERIDA, Mexico (AP) — Eleven people were killed Tuesday in mass shootings in a small town in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas, the state prosecutor’s office said.