The Latest Breaking News from Chiapas

Chiapas, once a haven for Guatemalans fleeing genocide, sees citizens crossing border to escape tyranny of cartels

Mexican families began arriving to various locations in Cuilco this week according to Guatemala's National Disaster Reduction Coordinator

Mexican President thanks Guatemala for aiding 600 refugees fleeing cartel violence in Chiapas. President López Obrador downplays severity of situation, emp...

Mexican refugees flee cartel violence in Chiapas to Guatemala, highlighting the need for international aid and cooperation.

It was night when residents began hearing gunshots in the remote southern Mexico town of Tila

Violence in Tila, Chiapas, Mexico leads to 4,000+ displaced residents amid gang attacks. President López Obrador attributes conflict to internal disputes, ...

Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role in Sunday’s elections that will determine the presidency, nine governorships and about 19,000 mayorships and other local posts

Two attacks against mayoral candidates in Mexico's June elections have left nine people dead in the southern state of Chiapas, the prosecutor's office in the organized crime-plagued region said Sunday.

The Washington Post followed senatorial candidate Willy Ochoa, who has beefed up his security detail to campaign in the state of Chiapas

A group of masked people in Mexico's Chiapas state stopped presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum at a checkpoint. The incident comes amid a spate of political assassinations.

Mexico's Zapatista demobilized guerrilla group prepared Sunday to mark the 30th anniversary of its pro-Indigenous, anti-capitalist uprising in an impoverished southern region where today drug traffickers are a greater foe than the military.