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San Francisco Xochicuautla: Otomí People Who Refuse to Submit
- Center for Human Rights Zeferino Ladrillero
- Oct 17, 2016
- 1 min read
San Francisco Xochicuautla, Lerma, State of Mexico - July 8, 2015 - From June 18 to July 7, 2015 the indigenous community of San Francisco Xochicuatla, Lerma was besieged by workers of the company “Autovan S. A de C. V”, who are permanently guarded by state police—staff of the state government and ministerial police.
For the umpteenth time the Otomí Indians of Xochicuautla resisted the onslaught of government forces and a company that is committed to imposing a highway megaproject which, if carried out, will split in half their ancestral lands and sacred places.
