Two La Parota Resisters Attacked With Machetes

14th Octo­ber The Land is Not for Sale! A com­mu­ni­ty in resis­tance to La Paro­ta dam.

UPDATE (10/15/2013): Although the attack hap­pened on Oct 11, the fed­er­al Pub­lic Min­istry (respon­si­ble for inves­ti­gat­ing and pros­e­cut­ing crimes) has yet to vis­it the men in the hos­pi­tal to take any state­ment from them.

Two mem­bers of the Coun­cil of Eji­dos and Com­mu­ni­ties in Oppo­si­tion to La Paro­ta Dam (CECOP) were attacked at their home with machetes on Fri­day, Oct 11, by sup­port­ers of the dam project. Both of the men, Rodri­go León Jac­in­to and Isidro Saligán Guadalupe, are still under med­ical super­vi­sion. Saligán may lose an eye. Both men and all five of their attack­ers (four men and a woman) come from the vil­lage of Hua­mu­chi­tos.

The attack­ers are believed to have fled the area.