On Apr. 27, a humanitarian caravan carrying journalists, social activists and international observers headed for the Autonomous Municipality of San Juan Copala, Oaxaca, was attacked with high-power weapons by members of the PRI organization UBISORT (the Triqui Region Social Welfare Unit). Alberta Cariño Trujillo, of the organization CACTUS, and Tyri Antero Jaakkolo, a native of Finland, were killed in the attack. For several hours, other passengers in the caravan were missing, compelled to flee into the woods to save their own lives. This humanitarian mission was headed for Copala in order to break the siege that UBISORT, an arm of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) had imposed. In fact, since the beginning of this year, around 700 inhabitants of the autonomous municipality, surrounded by armed members of UBISORT, have not had access to basic services like water and electricity. The doctor at the health center has had to leave, the children are not attending school, and the scarcity of supplies is worsening daily.
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