TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Police in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas unveiled a fleet of armed drones Tuesday that they say will better position them against the heavily armed drug cartels vying ...
SAN CRISTÓBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico – “We used to have the god of rain, the god of sun – lots of gods, until the Spaniards came and they imposed their god and blond saints on us,” said Manuel, with the ...
The bodies of 15 men were discovered in 11 hidden graves in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, an area shaken by ongoing violence between two notorious drug cartels, local authorities said on ...
In January 1994, in the south eastern state of Chiapas in Mexico, news of the Zapatistas armed revolt composed mainly of Indian peasants, travelled all over the world bringing about an explosion of ...
Twenty years ago, in direct protest against the then-recently signed North American Free Trade Agreement, a makeshift uprising of Mayan farmers seized a collection of cities and towns in Chiapas, in ...
On January 1, 1994 three thousand wiry rebels, dressed in black vests, carrying a mix of ancient hunting shotguns, homemade rifles, and modern AK-47s descended from the hills into the cloud-covered ...
MEXICO CITY -- Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto announced Wednesday that he would pardon an indigenous teacher who has spent 13 years in prison after being convicted of participating in the murder ...
WHERE: 298 N. Main St. (Ohio 48), Centerville (near Bill's Donuts) WHEN: Open for lunch and dinner every day INFO: (937) 949-3390 Chiapas is the name of Mexico’s southernmost state, bordering ...
Mexico’s Lacandon Jungle has been whittled away as farmers clear land for cattle and crops. Sources say palm oil expansion in the region is exacerbating the threat. In 2017, the Secretariat for the ...