For life and peace in the indigenous territories of Michoacán

Pronouncement
We demand justice, protection of life, and peace.
in the indigenous territories of Michoacán!

To Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo
President of Mexico

To Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla
Governor of Michoacán

A Carlos Torres Piña
Michoacán Prosecutor's Office

To the indigenous communities of Mexico

To the Purépecha communities

To the national and international press

To alternative media

To national and international human rights organizations

Violence has been a constant in Indigenous territories in Michoacán for several years. The climate of insecurity has intensified and manifests itself daily in various forms (disappearances, kidnappings, assaults, armed incursions, among other criminal acts), threatening community life and the lives of its members. All of these are part of a climate of terror imposed by various actors vying for control of the communities' vital natural resources and biocultural heritage, thereby dispossessing them and disrupting the social fabric and collective ways of sustaining life.

Last Wednesday, October 15, 2025, several people were kidnapped on a highway in the Charapan-Ocumicho region of the P'urhépecha Plateau, after returning to their homes from work. They were intercepted by an armed group and taken to a hill. Some managed to escape their captors, while others paid the ransom, according to testimonies, and reported the incident. The whereabouts of one person remain unknown.

Security policies and the deployment of force to prevent crime are insufficient to fulfill the government's mandate to protect the population. This climate of terror is unbearable, fostering uncertainty and a sense of helplessness.

Exigimos contundentemente:

• The location alive of the person whose whereabouts are unknown.
• Protección a las personas que lograron escapar y denunciar los hechos.
• Agilidad y transparencia en el proceso.
• Arrest of those responsible.
• Justice for the victims and guarantees of non-repetition.
• And, of course, a different National Security policy that is truly effective and efficient for communities, towns, and society.

We demand justice, protection of life, and peace in the indigenous territories of
Michoacán, from Mexico and the world!

CLACSO Working Group Bodies, Territories, Resistances
Planet Earth, October 22, 2025

This text expresses the position of the Working Group on Bodies, Territories, Resistances and not necessarily that of the centers and institutions that make up the CLACSO international network, its Steering Committee or its Executive Secretariat.