Juan Carlos G. Partida
Correspondent
La Jornada Newspaper
Thursday, October 3, 2024, p. 13
Guadalajara, Jal., Community members Olivia Parra Parra, José Ángel Bautista Robles, Salvador Parra López and Elionso Muñoz Díaz were deprived of their liberty in the Wixárika community of San Andrés Cohamiata (Tatei Kie), municipality of Mezquitic, on September 30 , so residents of that region started a permanent sit-in to demand his appearance alive.
A group of people stationed themselves in the vicinity of Tatei Kie, next to the Las Cabezas hill, where they blocked the vehicular passage and demanded that President Claudia Sheinbaum, Governor Enrique Alfaro and the mayor of Mezquitic, Tomás Torres Álvarez, that their companions are presented safe and sound.
We are gathered in Las Cabezas, concerned about the situation of insecurity that our community and region suffers
pointed out a voice outside the frame, in a video broadcast through the electronic portal Wixárika Mx.
We want them alive
, Justice for the Wixárika people
and Freedom for our brothers
were some of the phrases captured on the cards by the protesters.
We reiterate that the community of San Andrés Cohamiata is alien to conflicts between organized crime groups, we have characterized ourselves as an ancient town of peace and respect, which has preserved and practiced its uses and customs.
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The people will remain in this place waiting for their companions until they appear alive.
In mid-August, the elected mayor of Mezquitic, Yunior Vázquez Rosalío, and Antonio Carrillo, who was his campaign manager, died from head trauma inside the vehicle owned by the former, after falling off a cliff while traveling on the highway from Villa Guerrero to Bolaños. , according to information provided by the state prosecutor’s office; However, many residents affirm that these deaths were not accidental.
