Mexican government offices, businesses torched by El Machete group
Mexican villagers sympathising with a new indigenous self-defense group torched government offices, businesses and houses in a remote mountainous region in southern Chiapas state this week. Members of the new self-defence group called "El Machete" parade during their presentation in Chiapas, Mexico on 18 July, 2021. Photo: AFP / Isaac Guzman The violence in the indigenous Tzotzil community of Pantelhó earlier this week came less than two weeks after a group of hooded men, calling themselves El Machete, took up arms in nearby Chenalhó to confront drug-trafficking gangs. It was unclear how ...
Source: rnz.co.nz
