“Our solidarity with these indigenous leaders and also with President Arévalo”, Said the president during her morning press conference.
The Mexican ruler referred to the case of Pacheco and other Guatemalan indigenous leaders accused of terrorism and sedition, for alleged “violent acts and blockages” in 2023 that “altered the constitutional order of the country.”
The Prosecutor’s Office accuses Pacheco and Héctor Chaclán de los Crimes of illicit association, instigation to commit crimes, terrorism, hinder of justice and sedition. Both, who were arrested last Wednesday, were former leaders of the indigenous organization 48 cantons of Totonicapán.
“It is a shame this arrest. They are two indigenous leaders who supported President Arévalo and his movement. And the Guatemalan Prosecutor’s Office arrested them, ”Sheinbaum lamented.
The president argued that this pronouncement is part of the foreign policy of Mexico that seeks “defend the self -determination of peoples and the defense of people who have always fought for democracy”
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