{"id":495822,"date":"2026-02-24T07:38:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T07:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/495822\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T07:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T07:38:15","slug":"pbi-canada-with-pbi-mexico-as-it-accompanies-the-peoples-front-in-defence-of-land-and-water-at-activities-over-four-day-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/495822\/","title":{"rendered":"PBI-Canada with PBI-Mexico as it accompanies the People\u2019s Front in Defence of Land and Water at activities over four-day period"},"content":{"rendered":"

PBI-Canada joined with PBI-Mexico as they accompanied four days of activities in Mexico City, Amilcingo, Cholula, Calpan, and San Miguel Xoxtla by the People\u2019s Front in Defence of Land and Water \u2013 Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala<\/p>\n

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 19 \u2013 Mexico City<\/p>\n

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Somoselmedio reports<\/a>: \u201cAt the headquarters of the Ministry of the Interior (Segob), the National Indigenous Congress (CNI), the People\u2019s Front in Defense of Land and Water Morelos-Puebla-Tlaxcala and groups of relatives of the disappeared, announced the start of the National and International Day \u2018Justice for Samir and self-determination for the peoples\u2019, seven years after the murder of community communicator and defender of the territory Samir Flores Soberanes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Previous article: Indigenous land defender killed in Mexico days before referendum on controversial gas pipeline<\/a> (Brent Patterson, Rabble.ca, February 22, 2019).<\/p>\n

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FRIDAY FEBRUARY 20 \u2013 Amilcingo<\/p>\n

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El Sol de Cuautla reports<\/a>: \u201cTo commemorate the anniversary of the death [of Samir Flores], a mass was held at the activist\u2019s home and later a march that concluded at the community\u2019s primary school, in the center of Amilcingo. There they placed a wreath at the foot of the bust that is located in the campus. The march continued to the community cemetery, where the remains of Flores Soberanes rest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Previous article: PBI-Mexico accompanies activities in Amilcingo on the 6th anniversary of the murder of Indigenous Nahua defender Samir Flores Soberanes<\/a> (Brent Patterson, PBI-Canada, February 21, 2025).<\/p>\n

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SATURDAY FEBRUARY 21 \u2013 Cholula, Calpan<\/p>\n

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El Sol de Puebla reports<\/a>: \u201cMembers of the Union of Peoples Against the Garbage Dump and in Defense of Water built a sports field on the property [to stop the expansion of] the intermunicipal garbage dump of Cholula \u2013 closed in 2024\u2026 Through different WhatsApp groups and other social networks, an invitation [was] shared to inaugurate Saturday, February 21, the community site located on the Cholula \u2013 Calpan highway, in which they will also plant trees to reforest the area.\u201d<\/p>\n

Angulo 7 also reports<\/a>: \u201c[On February 11, a] fire caused the destruction of the crops of the \u2018Free Palestine Forest\u2019, whose work of months was lost. The objective of this project was to counteract the damage of contamination on the land with leachate from the landfill and other solid waste.\u201d<\/p>\n

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And El Sol de Puebla reports<\/a>: \u201cUntreated wastewater travels approximately seven kilometers through farmland and on the side of the road that leads to Calpan, to concentrate in an excavation located meters from the San Pedro Cholula landfill, which was closed in 2024 due to environmental damage and contamination of aquifers. The lack of a sewage treatment plant is part of a problem that, according to residents, has been going on for about 20 years and that, with the increase in population, has worsened mainly in recent months, since the liquid not only gives off bad odors, but has stagnated in properties where the owners have stopped planting corn and tejocote due to the effects caused to the fertile lands.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Peace Brigades International was also shown the pathway of a gas pipeline associated with the Morelos Integral Project (PIM) megaproject.<\/p>\n

In February 2021, Proceso reported<\/a>: \u201cExperts from the UNAM [the National Autonomous University of Mexico], the Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla (BUAP) and the National Center for Disaster Prevention (Cenapred) have warned about the dangers of a gas pipeline network being installed in an area considered at risk due to its proximity to the Popocatepetl volcano. \u2026A key destination [of the pipeline is the] the Combined Cycle Power Plant in Yecapixtla, Morelos, known as the Huexca Thermoelectric Plant. \u2026On February 20, 2019, Samir Flores Soberanes, one of the leaders of the resistance against the plant, was murdered; it is not the only case of aggression against the opponents of the PIM, says Teresa Castellanos Ruiz.\u201d<\/p>\n

Previous articles: PBI-Mexico accompanies Peoples\u2019 Front in Defence of Land and Water at highway blockade at Cholula garbage dump<\/a> (Brent Patterson, PBI-Canada, March 22, 2024) and<\/p>\n

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SUNDAY FEBRUARY 22 \u2013 San Miguel Xoxtla<\/p>\n

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The People\u2019s Front posted on social media<\/a> about a Forum on the San Andr\u00e9s Accords in Pavigi Park in San Miguel Xoxtla, Puebla. The sessions at this forum were titled: \u201cThirty years after the San Andr\u00e9s Accords were violated and the war of extermination began, what comes next?\u201d; \u00a0\u201cHow have we progressed toward autonomy in practice and the defense of our rights?\u201d (that the People\u2019s Front spoke at); and \u201cThe right to self-determination of peoples in the context of the new General Water Law\u201d.<\/p>\n

Contrastes 12 reports: \u201cA group is opposed to the projects to drill water wells in the demarcation [of Pavigi Park].\u201d<\/p>\n

And El Sol de Puebla has previously reported<\/a>: \u201c[On November 11, 2025] residents of the municipality of San Miguel Xoxtla demanded that municipal authorities return to the citizens the control of the wells based on uses and customs. Therefore, they created a drinking water committee so that it is in charge of ensuring that the vital liquid stays in the demarcation and no longer profits from it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Previous article: PBI-Mexico accompanies the Peoples\u2019 Front as community assembly creates drinking water committee in Xoxtla, Puebla<\/a> (Brent Patterson, PBI-Canada, November 25, 2025).<\/p>\n

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Watch for additional updates and follow-ups to these accompaniments.<\/p>\n

Peace Brigades International has accompanied the People\u2019s Front in Defence of Land and Water \u2013 Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala (FPDTA-MPT) since early 2020.<\/p>\n

Photo<\/a> of procession in Amilcingo on February 20 by Congreso Nacional Ind\u00edgena.<\/p>\n

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Photo<\/a> of procession in Amilcingo on February 20 by PBI-Mexico.<\/p>\n

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Photo of Forum in San Miguel Xoxtla on February 22 by PBI-Mexico.<\/p>\n

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