Four Tzotzil women were imprisoned in the El Pozo community of San Juan Chamula for refusing to donate land containing a spring, which for years has been used to supply water to the community of just over 2,500 inhabitants.
Community authorities detained the women, one of whom was breastfeeding a newborn, and then took them to the community prison, where they remained Thursday afternoon.
The women’s identities are unknown, but this afternoon, some of their children visited the prison to be with them.
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The San Juan Chamula city council, controlled by the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), has not issued any statement.
Twenty days ago, two diabetic women were imprisoned for several days in the Hidalgo community, in the municipality of Las Margaritas, for a debt they had incurred, but which they had already fully paid.
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The El Pozo community is located 23 kilometers from the municipal seat of San Juan Chamula.
No State Police or Indigenous Justice Prosecutor’s Office has arrived at the scene to try to free the women.
Source: eluniversal
