Today is the third-year anniversary of Samir Flores’ murder. Samir was a journalist and environmental activist from Amilcingo a rural village in the state of Morelos. Morelos is the place where Emiliano Zapata started the fight for land that would result in the Mexican Revolution
On the 20th of February 2019 Samir was shot twice in the head in his own home and, to this day, the killers still go unidentified.
Samir was vocal in his criticism of government representatives. As a member of the FPDTA and the National Indigenous Congress (CNI), he had no known enemies other than those promoting the mega-project developments he critiqued.
In the months leading up to his murder, Samir’s activism focused on opposing a thermoelectric plant and a gas pipeline, two projects developed in the frame of the Morelos Integral Project (Proyecto Integral Morelos).
Samir’s killing is only one among several other murders and forced disappearances of Indigenous environmental activists in Mexico. Indigenous people fighting to protect their lands are being harassed and even erased in the most gruesome ways.
A current example of this is happening in the state of Puebla, where the government has sent the National Guard to harass and evict an autonomous community space to give way to #Bonafont, a transnational organization in the water bottling business partially owned by #Danone.
Also, in the short amount of time that has passed in 2022, 6 journalists have been murdered in Mexico.
The current national government self-defines as left-wing, but the reality is that in the past 3 years it has done nothing to protect Indigenous folks and their land. On the contrary, it has continuously harassed and threatened them.
Please join us in remembering Samir’s name and his legacy. Join us in our call for justice. #SamirEsSemilla #SamirVive #DefendiendoLaVida
Please follow @TallerAhuehuete, and @RadioZapote for more information on #SamirFlores, the #FPDTA and #PueblosUnidos against the plunder of water by #Bonafont & #Danone.
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