Simón Pedro, activist and former president of Las Abejas de Acteal, was assassinated in Chiapas

Simon Peter Perez Lopez, activist, catechist and former president of the association The bees of Acteal, was assassinated in the municipality of Simojovel, in the federative entity of Chiapas, where he lived, reported the Center for Human Rights Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas (Frayba).

The native Tzotzil was the victim of shoot of a gun. The perpetrator was traveling on a motorbike in motion, from which he thus pulled direct.

the homicide It was recorded around 10 a.m. on Monday, reported the Frayba in a statement, at the municipal headquarters, located north of the federative entity. Reports indicated that Simón Pedro was going accompanied by your child for shopping in a market.

“The murderer was on a moving motorcycle from which he shot him directly and escaped. We reject the criminal action which is reigning over the highlands of Chiapas“Said the HRC.

Simón Pedro was a human rights defender, he lived in the community of Israelita, Simojovel, belonging to the parish of Santa Catarina, in the municipality of Pantelhó; He was a catechist, member of Las Abejas de Acteal, of which he was president of the board of directors in 2020

“From his work as a member of Las Abejas de Acteal and as church servant, worked to promote and defend the rights of indigenous peoples; had accompanied communities that have denounced the violence, demanding its cessation and the search for justiceSaid the Center for Human Rights.

The Frayba also asked the authorities of the State of Chiapas “an investigation diligent, guaranteeing the security of Simón Pedro’s family and members of Las Abejas de Acteal ”, adding that repudiate the crime.

In the press release, the CDH chaired by Raul Vera Lopez, Bishop Emeritus of Saltillo, Coahuila, expressed his solidarity to the members of Las Abejas de Acteal and to those close to Simón Pedro Pérez López. It was also expressed to the members of the parish of Santa Catarina de Pantelhó.

The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) condemned the murder of environmental activist David Díaz Valdez, occurred on the afternoon of Friday July 2 in Manzanillo, Colima.

According to the press release issued by this autonomous body, the current emergency is at State Attorney General, institution which must carry out a “efficient, objective, rapid and impartial” research identify and locate the material and intellectual perpetrators of this homicide.

Likewise, it recommended that this judicial procedure be particularly focused on its activism work, because this is the main reason why he could suffer his death, since he has filed a public complaint regarding the negative impacts of construction of a thermoelectric power station in the municipality of Campos.

This very defense of its population and its environment He was sent to prison on September 15, 2020, when he was arrested for a conflict with the Department of Health and Social Protection (SSBS), in which he was charged with possession of an ambulance which provided services to the community and was withdrawn by the ‘agency.

On June 21, after nine months, he was exonerated and left the prison where, through a short video, held the Attorney General of Colima responsible for his safety, to the staff of Public minister and the State Judiciary, in addition to the magistrate Sergio Marcelino Bravo Sandoval, because “their obscure interests imprisoned me without any justification”.

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