translated from Spanish: Tension in Canada of eleven villages in Chilchota, Michoacán

CHILCHOTA, Michoacán-this date is the anniversary 187 of municipality of Chilchota elevation, but this time there was no celebration; inhabitants of the communities of Ichan and Santo Tomas, of the eleven people Canada, marched towards this municipal seat, took the building for a few hours and marched against Mayor Eduardo Ixta Álvarez.
The story began on 16 November last when in Assembly, was elected the new Chief’s tenure, convened by municipal authorities; Francisco Maya Bautista, won majority, about his opponent Jesús Miguel Jerónimo, who should meet its next year, according to customs.
They followed demonstrations, was accused of intervention at the Town Hall; They detained the Secretary of City Hall, Isaac García Rubio, who would resign shortly after the charge.
Last week, blocked the road which arrived hundreds of grenadiers in indigenous communities, to free the roads, where protesters themselves, say during the eviction were hit several people, including, to a Reporter Juan Valentín Elías Calderón; There were 11 detainees.
Immediately they spoke out against the use of public force to suppress indigenous peoples, and demand freedom for the detainees, the Michoacan Senators of Morena, Blanca Estela pineapple Gudino and Casimiro Méndez Ortiz.
A group of supporters of the former head of tenure Ichan, Jesús Miguel Jerónimo and Santo Tomas, marched toward the county seat, the objective was to boycott the 72nd of the 187 anniversary of lifting of Chilchota as municipality, which is suspended; they held a rally where exposed the motives of the movement.
They accuse the Mayor Eduardo Ixta intervene in the change of Chief’s tenure when Jesús Miguel Jerónimo, not yet over the period; They complained to the Mayor of nepotism and failing to meet campaign promises. Protesters talked with the senior officer of the City Council, Alfredo García Rubio, agreed to hold a dialogue table in the next few days, so it liberated the Mayor’s office.

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