Tired of violence: Peasants create Rural Police for increased extortion in Chiapas

And the authorities? Residents of the Chicharras ejido, in the upper area of Tapachula municipality, Chiapas, have decided to organize a Rural Police in the face of the excessive increase in thefts, assaults and extortions. In their own uniforms, peasants of the region, tired of waiting for the state authorities to regain control, decided to assume security on their own to protect their heritage and their families. Ejido San Antonio Chicharras, …