Urgent Action: Two activists killed among escalating violence

On 17 January, unidentified armed men attacked demonstrators in Amatán, Chiapas state, southern Mexico. Noé Jiménez Pablo and José Santiago Gómez Álvarez, two economic, social and cultural rights activists and members of the Independent Regional Campesino Movement (MOCRI - Movimiento Campesino Regional Independiente), were taken and deprived of their liberty by the armed men. The following day, their wounded death bodies appeared in a local dumpster. In reaction to this attack, the government took measures like sending few law enforcement officials, but members of the community fear further attacks and that these measures are insufficient to protect them.

Take action.

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 5 MARCH 2019

Please write urgently in your own words or using the template letter included in English or Spanish to:

Minister of Interior 

Olga Sánchez Cordero

Calle Abraham González No. 48

Col. Juárez, Delegación Cuauhtémoc

Ciudad de México, C.P. 06600, MÉXICO

@SEGOB_mx and @M_OlgaSCordero 

Salutation: Dear Minister

And copies to: 

Governor of Chiapas

Rutilio Escandón Cadenas  

Palacio de Gobierno, 1er. Piso, 

Centro, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, 

Chiapas, C.P. 29000  

México  

Twitter: @gubernaturachis 

Salutation: Dear Governor / Estimado Señor Gobernador 

Also send copies to diplomatic representatives accredited to your country. HIS EXCELLENCY MR JULIÁN VENTURA, Head of Mission Embassy of Mexico, 16 St. George Street, London, W1S 1FD Phone: 020 7499 8586 E-Mail: mexuk@sre.gob.mx  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Embamex-Reino-Unido/197866996938638 twitter: @Embamexru Salutation: Your Excellency

Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date.