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MEXICO DC, 02/08/2010 C. Mnez. G ª, O. Moha. / ProtestanteDigital.com
 Religious intolerance that exists in parts of Mexico, especially in the state of Chiapas, continues to claim victims on a continuous and brutal. In recent years, many evangelicals have been attacked, have suffered the destruction of their homes or expulsion from their communities, and have even been killed or raped women. The last major incident, recorded last June 26 in Nachig, has generated a formal complaint to the UN. The town of Nachig has become a center of religious intolerance. There, since 2009, evangelicals are deprived of the services of electricity, water and telephone "for refusing to accept cooperation and religious objections against its principles and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution," he said on those affected.
Nachig Evangelical People have already suffered beatings, burning of vehicles and a temple and the expulsion of the community with the complicity of local authorities. Government intervention was limited to the opening of a negotiating table for dialogue, which has only some Christians to return to their homes, "tied, unable to profess their faith freely."
This is what it says a document released by Nachig evangelicals, who have also reported that on June 26 were brutally assaulted on the occasion to meet many of them in a political act to which were invited representatives of the Party Democratic Revolution (PRD).
MASS MURDER ATTEMPT
"This time they intended to take life," they said. Indeed, the end of the ceremony in which the candidate made his proposal to the municipal president of Zinacantan, a group of people led by the chiefs and community leaders, all supporters of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) were launched to attack stones, sticks, jars of gasoline and guns, setting fire to 52 vehicles and 11 houses.
"If it were not for the intervention of the police, these individuals had burned a house with 80 people inside, men, women and children," expressed the attack.
"So far there has punished the culprits, who are well individualized, but the government has arrested our brothers who were once victims and now magically have become likely guilty," denounced.
"We do not agree to continue supporting the impunity that exists in our state to not apply the rule of law by this government," say the victims, adding that therefore to raise their voices denouncing the civil society and international organizations " human rights violations faced by many of our brothers in faith, simply because they are evangelicals. "
The document also mentions the names of the perpetrators of recent attacks Nachig registered.
PETITION TO UN
Dated July 27, 2010 in San Cristobal de las Casas, a group of displaced following the violence in the community registered Nachig, Zinacantan municipality, Chiapas, signed a note to be submitted to the UN. Identifying himself as "evangelical refugees", José Sánchez Pérez, Mariano Sánchez Ramiro de la Cruz, José Pérez de la Cruz, Manuel Gómez Pérez, Mariano Pérez Gómez, Mariano Pérez de la Cruz, Clever and Sergio Salazar Mendiguchia Nataren Gutierrez, seek the direct intervention international agency to analyze the situation as a Christian community are living.
The signatories expressed the need to be recognized as refugees and as such help, since they constitute a group of 500 people without food and medical care. "We are at the Prince of Peace Evangelical Church in Colonia San Antonio del Monte Municipality Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, from June 26 this year. We are suffering hunger, there are many sick children and problems of malnutrition, also adult patients, with injuries and burns, "says the document.
The signatories seek to apply the rule of law (justice) to the aggressors, that evangelicals are guaranteed constitutional rights to be given security in the community, and also to repair the damage wrought by the aggressors (55 vehicles 11 houses burned and destroyed and burned).
EXILE
In the next section, the document expresses the group's desire to return to their immediate community and the fulfillment of the measures mentioned in the previous point, "because we have a month out of our home, without the government will give us a solution. " They claim that the governor has refused to receive them and also the group of aggressors is conditioning the return, asking the government to prevent the return of certain individuals.
The signatories demanded the immediate release of five people arrested at the time of the incidents of Nachig, being that it is victims who were rescued from their own homes on fire. "First they are victims and then become responsible for their own damages," the text. "Both the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the American Convention on Human Rights requires that everyone be tried within a reasonable time or release," he concludes.
GROWS WHERE THE GOSPEL
Oscar Moha Mexican journalist has even been reported that sexual abuse committed against women and that many farmers Christian evangelicals have been deleted from supportive plans offered by the government.
As much as Mexico's constitution guarantees religious freedom, the rule does not ensure compliance with this law and provides privileges to Catholics. "In areas of predominantly indigenous country where the gospel has grown tremendously, is where most crimes occur. When it's gospel and transformed the lives of these indigenous people, are violated the privileges of the chiefs ... "explained the journalist Oscar Moha to eMisión.net in a telephone interview with the Mexican capital.
The people who come to the knowledge of the gospel, stop drinking and stop participating in traditional ceremonies, which undermines the political power and economic oscial chiefs who are generally related to the Catholic Church, who is deaf and looks Moreover, even "there have been cases in which the priests encouraged the people to attack when they see that evangelicals are losing control over these people, and even promote their expulsion from the communities," said the journalist.
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Religious intolerance that exists in parts of Mexico, especially in the state of Chiapas, continues to claim victims on a continuous and brutal. In recent years, many evangelicals have been attacked, have suffered the destruction of their homes or expulsion from their communities, and have even been killed or raped women. The last major incident, recorded last June 26 in Nachig, has generated a formal complaint to the UN. 
