“They took out three people from our house” says Joaquina Cantor. “They grabbed them, hit them, and put them in a truck. We didn’t know where they were, if they were alive or not…'
, the families camped out in Chichihualco were the latest to be forcibly displaced by violence between organised crime groups in Guerrero who fight for control of strategic and lucrative territory for growing opium poppies, transporting heroin and marijuana, and extorting the logging and mining industries. then travelling through Central America and Mexico to seek safety and security at the US border.
“They took out three people from our house” says Joaquiña Cantor. “They grabbed them, hit them, and put them in a truck. We didn’t know where they were, if they were alive or not…. I went to [the municipal centre of] Zitlala to to request help from the army and the municipal police but they paid no attention...so we decided to leave.” With her two children and her grandchild, plus 16 other families, Cantor walked through the night.
The families from Tlaltempanapa say they cannot return to their homes and are seeking sustainable relocation. The town is known to be under the control of Los Ardillos , a cartel associated with control of opium poppy farms in Guerrero. Everyone not associated with the cartel has left on account of violence, kidnappings and death threats.The desplazados decided to join forces and travel together to Mexico City to demand action from the federal government.
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