Indigenous groups claim the paramilitaries operate with the covert support of Mexico\u2019s federal government.<\/p>\n
Up to this point, there has been no answer. The children are suffering, we are in Ocosingo, there are no shelters where we can take refuge,\u201d one of the displaced, Melecio L\u00f3pez G\u00f3mez, told El Heraldo.<\/em> \u201cThey continue to threaten us. They are looking for us, and that is why we are in the shanty town. We have contacts in the community, and they tell us who are looking for us. We can’t do anything.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n“We fear for our lives,\u201d he continued. \u201cWe have death threats, and they took all our property. The cattle we had are already being sold to the butchers, so it is urgent that the authorities disarm them, and no police are taking care of us.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Parents of a tiny preschool in southern Mexico that scooped a $950,000 windfall on the Mexican national lottery have found themselves hounded and threatened by a local paramilitary group. The group, \u201cLos Petules,\u201d wants the money to buy weapons. The preschool is located on an ejido, a communal farm in the Ocosingo municipality, Chiapas state. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":193195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13699],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Mexican Pre-School Wins Lottery, Gets Menaced by Paramilitaries<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n