In recent months, more than a dozen Indigenous communities in northwest Mexico have been violently displaced from their lands by criminal organizations. Drawn by the promise of gold and other valuable minerals, these groups have escalated their tactics—using drones armed with explosives to terrorize residents and forcibly drive them out.
According to witness accounts, residents in the municipalities of Moris and Uruachi, in the northern state of Chihuahua, are among those that have endured a wave of bombings since mid-June. The attacks are allegedly being carried out by members of Los Salazar, one of the most violent factions of the Sinaloa Cartel, which controls key drug and migrant trafficking routes across Sonora and Chihuahua.
