Sand Mining Is a Booming Industry — This Mexican Community Is Paying the Price

Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón, a Mazatec Indigenous community in Oaxaca, Mexico, has been defending its river from gravel and sand dredgers for over a decade. As a well-organized and determined force, the community has endured unprecedented repression, including criminalization, torture, displacement, imprisonment, and violence. Now, the community faces a new attack — 200 trumped-up charges against…

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