The father Marcelo Pérez Pérez, murdered this Sunday while leaving mass in San Cristobal de las Casas, violence/” title=”In San Lázaro, they seek a meeting against violence”>Chiapas On September 13, he denounced an “uncontrollable” increase in violence in the mountain and frail areas of Chiapas and the lack of attention from the authorities, for which he called on civil society to organize and prevent the entry of groups. of organized crime in towns and communities.
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“We pray for politicians so that they take the issues of violence seriously, so that peace returns here in Chiapas, we continue to demonstrate, we are going to continue mobilizing, we continue to risk our lives but we ask God that they do their job, “That they really take seriously the defense of the life of the people, that they do not subject them to slavery under the yoke of violence,” said the priest in an interview with the journalist. Isain Mandujano last September.
During a peace demonstration in Chiapas who convened the three dioceses of that entity on September 13, Father Perez Perez He regretted that there are people who, despite the violence, do not demonstrate.
“Many times we react when it’s our turn, then we realize, let’s not wait for violence to happen before we participate, we always have to be careful, we always have to organize ourselves, I invite everyone, if we don’t organize, if we don’t get up really, the organized crime of entering the towns, the communities, then we could no longer get them out, now is the time, the church is calling, the three dioceses are calling, it is a great hope for me that the three dioceses have united in this September 13,” he said in the interview.
He regretted that the authorities do not pay attention to the complaints of violence, “unfortunately the government, not only does it not pay attention and does nothing, but it systematically denies the existence of violence and there are more and more deaths, there are displaced people, there are many displacements in the mountain area of Comalapa in Chicomuselo and that is very worrying,” he denounced.
reported harassment and persecution towards him and other Catholic and evangelical priests.
“I receive news from different places in the mountain area, many people who are displaced have spoken to me and cannot return to their homes because if they return they will be executed”
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