Sentenced to 110 years in prison against two Tseltals in Chiapas

Mexico City Disinform ourselves. More than 60 organizations from 14 countries and 236 defenders and activists repudiated the “unjust conviction” of 110 years in prison against the former president and former councillor of the municipal council of Pantelhó, Pedro Cortés López and Diego Mendoza Cruz, arbitrarily detained since 2022 and accused of the disappearance of 19 people in Chiapas. The organizations demanded that the judicial branch of the…

International organizations demanded a review of the case of Pedro Cortés and Diego Mendoza, charged with the disappearance of 19 persons CARLOS RUIZ/PORTAVOZ PHOTO: ALEJANDRO LÓPEZ The 110-year prison sentence against Pedro Cortés López and Diego Mendoza Cruz, former authorities of the municipal council of Pantelhó, has unleashed a wave of protests. Organizations from 14 countries and more than 200 people have asked to review the case, pointing…

Pedro Cortés and Diego Mendoza were members of the Government Council of Pantelhó. Photo: Courtesy 67 religious, humanist, Zapatista and human rights organizations from Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Norway, Greece, Spain, Argentina, France, England, Argentina, Colombia, as well as collectives from various states of Mexico and some 300 individuals, demand a review of the process by which Diego Mendoza and Pedro Cortés were sentenced to 110 years i…