Chiapas is almost entirely forested, rising gently, and then precipitously, from the Pacific coastal jungles to the central highlands, before reaching 13,850 feet at the peak of the Sierra Madre ...

Archaeologists in Mexico have finally discovered the 'Land of the White Jaguar,' a stronghold for Maya rebels for nearly 110 ...

An intensification of violence in the southern Mexican border state of Chiapas is pushing the number of displaced and missing people to new highs. Thousands of residents have now been forced from ...

Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas has started 2024 with a surge in violence between the Sinaloa Cartel and Jalisco Cartel New Generation, in what is just the latest flare up of a prolonged conflict ...

The bodies of 15 people were recovered from pits in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas which has been plagued by drug cartel violence. In a post on X, Chiapas State Gov. Eduardo Ramirez ...

1994: The Zapatista uprising Zapatista women. A brief history of the rebellion in Chiapas in the jungles of Mexico, where hundreds of thousands of people rose up against the Mexican state and ...

Members of the Zapatista National Liberation Army, EZLN, attend an event marking the 25th anniversary of the Zapatista uprising in La Realidad, Chiapas, Mexico. (Eduardo Verdugo / AP) By signing ...

Last week, five Chiapas state police officers patrolling the area were killed after they were ambushed by an armed group in Frontera Comalapa, according to the local Security Secretariat ...

His death comes as violence has ratcheted up in Chiapas in recent years. From January to August, the state logged around 500 murders, up from 309 in the same period last year, according to ...

A vehicle full of migrants overturned in Chiapas, Mexico, Thursday night, leaving 55 dead and 105 injured, authorities said. "After the accident that occurred in Chiapa de Corzo, I inform you that ...