Alert in Chihuahua Displacement by Violence
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Armed groups expel entire communities from the Sierra de Chihuahua to seize routes and operate with impunity. Human rights defenders warn about the use of drones with explosives and military tactics against the civilian population. Chihuahua recorded 4,492 displaced persons in 2025, with 1,335 cases concentrated in the municipality of Guadalupe and Calvo. Criminal groups strip communities in the Sierra de Chihuahua Civil organizations presented …
The territorial dispute between organized crime groups, particularly in the area of the so-called Golden Triangle, on the borders with Durango and Sinaloa, and various mining projects have increased the forced displacement of people in Chihuahua, warned civil organizations. By presenting this Tuesday the report on a Civilian Observation Mission (MCO) carried out in May of this year, they stated that displacement is preceded in many cases by targ…
A diagnosis by CONAPO and UNHCR identifies the state among those most affected by FRANCISCO BACILIO/PORTAVOZ PHOTO: ALEJANDRO LÓPEZ In the entity, internal displacement is a problem that goes beyond violence, causing one of the conditions of vulnerability due to natural phenomena that damage the lifestyle of those who have already been forced to leave their communities.The first national diagnosis prepared by the National Population Council (Con…
The dimension of this violence was also reflected in a mission meeting with displaced children and adolescents, when a girl of only 12 years recognized being involved in the war.
Social organizations expressed concern about the crisis of forced displacement currently facing Chihuahua, in particular the Sierra Tarahumara, where the cases tripled between 2021 and 2025 due to the seizure of land by organized crime.This after presenting the results of the report on internal forced displacement in Chihuahua, generated by the Civil Observation Mission that was composed of 8 social organizations such as the TDT Network, Tlachin…
Among the forms of violence, activist Saulo Loya mentioned the use of high-caliber weapons and explosive drones, which he described as 'devastador'
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