Conflict and Assassination of Jesús Manuel Oropeza Chonta
Jesús Manuel Oropeza Chonta, a campesino leader and member of the Partido Socialista Revolucionario, was embroiled in a political and legal conflict with the Puza Silva family, local landowners in Utecc. The dispute centered around the control of community lands following the agrarian reform. Oropeza faced unfounded accusations of terrorism, …