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Wed Apr 13 2016 (Updated 04/20/16)
State of Mexico Riot Police Raid San Francisco Xochicuautla
New Attack Against Otomí Community and Its Forest Arouses Widespread Repudiation
On Monday, April 11, 2016, around 800 State of Mexico riot police at the service of Grupo Higa laid siege to the Otomí community of San Francisco Xochicuautla, destroyed the camp set up in defense of the forest, used heavy machinery to illegally tear down the house of Dr. Armando García Salazar, and violently dragged out at least 25 men, women and children who were inside the house, including 64-year-old Isabel Hernández, a member of the Supreme Indigenous Council of Xochicuautla.
Grupo Higa is a holding company based in Toluca, Mexico which through its subsidiaries provides construction and engineering services for airports and roads in Mexico. During the past decade, the Xochicuautla community has struggled against the destruction of this forest –– one of the country’s most important lungs –– a forest threatened by the construction of the Toluca-Naucalpan Toll Highway by the Autovan company, affiliated with shady businessman Juan Armando Hinojosa.
Community people finally achieved the suspension of the highway construction and were granted a writ by a federal judge that protected them against an expropriation decree for 37 hectares issued in 2015 by Hinojosa’s intimate friend, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. The violent eviction took place just after the approval of state legislation dubbed “The Atenco Law,” promoted by Governor Eruviel Ávila, which gives the police almost unlimited powers to trample on human rights in their drive to eliminate resistance movements.
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Previous Coverage: Xochicuautla and Ostula Solidarity March
Grupo Higa is a holding company based in Toluca, Mexico which through its subsidiaries provides construction and engineering services for airports and roads in Mexico. During the past decade, the Xochicuautla community has struggled against the destruction of this forest –– one of the country’s most important lungs –– a forest threatened by the construction of the Toluca-Naucalpan Toll Highway by the Autovan company, affiliated with shady businessman Juan Armando Hinojosa.
Community people finally achieved the suspension of the highway construction and were granted a writ by a federal judge that protected them against an expropriation decree for 37 hectares issued in 2015 by Hinojosa’s intimate friend, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. The violent eviction took place just after the approval of state legislation dubbed “The Atenco Law,” promoted by Governor Eruviel Ávila, which gives the police almost unlimited powers to trample on human rights in their drive to eliminate resistance movements.
Read More | En Español
Previous Coverage: Xochicuautla and Ostula Solidarity March
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