Stopping traffic, and the state

Dear friends,

Early this morning (Saturday 22 February), thousands from the Zapatista communities of the Lacandon jungle took to the highways that link the towns of Palenque, Comitán, San Cristóbal de Las Casas y Ocosingo.

For several hours they blocked traffic as part of a global protest marking 6 years since the impune murder of Indigenous leader Samir Flores, as well as continuing aggression against Zapatista and other Indigenous communities throughout Mexico.