Mexico: Armed Attacks Against Cheran K’eri Indigenous Peasants

Sol Rojo Mexico has recently reported an escalation of violence against the Cherán K’eri community in the state of Michoacán. Part of this escalation included armed attacks on July 2, when a member of the Community Round was murdered and another was seriously wounded. According to a statement by the peasants themselves, this attack is part of an “escalation of violence that has intensified.“

Current of the People Red Sun has expressed solidarity with the attack against the Cherán K’eri, defending “the correct and just response by the Cherán K’eri people who, with weapons in hand, the activation of barricades, and the capacity for response by the Community Round, have rejected this criminal aggression, making it clear that the resisting peoples, acting in an organized and combative manner, are capable of confronting and defeating this reactionary war.“

They have also reaffirmed the need for communities to defend themselves against these aggressions, denouncing the reactionary war against the people, which they explain that is taking place “throughout the national territory,” in collusion with “criminal and paramilitary groups” at the service of Yankee imperialism.

Finally, Current of the People Red Sun points to the responsibility of the Mexican State in what has occurred and demands an end to the attacks against all indigenous communities in Michoacán.

On July 9 the General Assembly of the Community organized a massive march in the capital of the State before the indolence and omission of the State.