We all know Europe for the cobbled streets, ancient town squares, and soaring cathedrals built at a time when architectural ...

Chiapas is almost entirely forested, rising gently, and then precipitously, from the Pacific coastal jungles to the central highlands, before reaching 13,850 feet at the peak of the Sierra Madre ...

Guatemala granted humanitarian visas to 161 Mexicans who crossed into that country last week fleeing organized crime.

An intensification of violence in the southern Mexican border state of Chiapas is pushing the number of displaced and missing people to new highs. Thousands of residents have now been forced from ...

Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas has started 2024 with a surge in violence between the Sinaloa Cartel and Jalisco Cartel New Generation, in what is just the latest flare up of a prolonged conflict ...

The violence in Chiapas has once again driven families to leave the region and seek refuge elsewhere, but authorities claim ...

The bodies of 15 people were recovered from pits in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas which has been plagued by drug cartel violence. In a post on X, Chiapas State Gov. Eduardo Ramirez ...

Finally, on July 20, Chiapas state authorities arrived and escorted the trapped villagers to safety. They ended up in the town of Chenalhó at the church of St. Peter the Apostle, where they slept ...

In a corn field in the Mexican state of Chiapas, Salma Palamo Diaz wears a traditional tzotzil skirt. Muslims in Mexico blend their indigenous ways of life with the customs required by Islam.

The Chiapas state government initially said it had discovered 15 bodies on Saturday. A further two were found on Sunday and 14 more on Monday. Gov.

Activism September 9, 2019 The Zapatista Revolution Is Not Over 1994 saw one of the most significant indigenous rebellions of the 20th century. Today, their political experiment continues.

His death comes as violence has ratcheted up in Chiapas in recent years. From January to August, the state logged around 500 murders, up from 309 in the same period last year, according to ...