By Feliciana Herrera

  • The 48 cantons of Totonicapán give “full support” to the indigenous authorities of Nebaj.

“The indigenous authorities of Nebaj managed to legally stop the eviction that the municipal mayor Geronimo Bernal Guzman intended to carry out, and have joined to support the 48 Cantons of Totonicapan, who came out in their defense last Friday asking that the judicial authorities act on the case”

Source: Crónica.com.gt

September 3, 2022

https://cronica.com.gt/los-48-cantones-de-totonicapan-dan-respaldo-total-a-autoridades-indigenas-de-nebaj/

  • Amparo stops eviction of Ixil Indigenous Authorities

“Mayor Feliciana Herrera filed a Provisional Amparo, a document that Judge Jacinto Humberto Cedillo Chel of the Peace Court based in Nebaj granted in favor of the ancestral authorities. Therefore, the personnel of the Municipality of Santa María Nebaj must discontinue any motion to evict the authorities from the site.”

Source: Guatemalan Federation of Radio Schools

María Guarchaj

September 2, 2022

https://www.fger.org/municipalidad-de-nebaj-desaloja-a-autoridades-ixiles/

  • They reject the eviction of the Ixil Indigenous Authority of Nebaj by the municipal mayor.

“We request that State institutions, especially justice operators and the MP, such as the PDH, take action on the matter as soon as possible.”

Source: Prensa Comunitaria

September 1, 2022

https://www.prensacomunitaria.org/2022/09/rechazan-el-desalojo-de-la-autoridad-indigena-ixil-de-nebaj-por-parte-del-alcalde-municipal/

  • Nebaj: in the midst of attacks and an eviction, the Mayan Ixil authorities manage to stop it with an injunction.

“This Thursday  morning, Municipal Transit Police (PMT) workers and the judge of Municipal Affairs attempted to evict the Ixil authorities from the space occupied by the Indigenous Mayor’s Office within the municipality of Nebaj. The indigenous authorities do not know where their equipment, furniture and other materials were moved to. They also denounce the holding of four of their members. In the afternoon, the Court of First Criminal Instance of Nebaj granted a provisional injunction and ordered the municipal mayor Geronimo Bernal to suspend the eviction.”

Source: Prensa Comunitaria

By Diego Petzey

September 1, 2022

https://www.prensacomunitaria.org/2022/09/nebaj-en-medio-de-ataques-y-un-desalojo-las-autoridades-maya-ixil-logran-frenarlo-con-un-amparo/

  • Guatemala. Ancestral Authorities of Guatemala condemn attacks against the Ixil Indigenous Mayoralty of Nebaj.

“Brothers of the Mayor’s Office of the Boq’ol Q’esal Tenam Naaba’, this house belongs to the People, therefore, it belongs to them and an abusive and arrogant mayor cannot come to evict them, for dignity it should be the opposite.  Mr. Virgilio Geronimo Geronimo Bernal Guzman, for dignity, submit your resignation and do not continue to promote corruption.”

Source: Resumen Latinoamericano

September 5, 2022

https://www.resumenlatinoamericano.org/2022/09/05/guatemala-autoridades-ancestrales-de-guatemala-condenan-ataques-en-contra-de-la-alcaldia-indigena-ixil-de-nebaj/

  • Mayor of Nebaj orders raid on office of indigenous mayor’s office and generates conflict

“By orders of the mayor of Nebaj, Virgilio Gerónimo Bernal Guzmán, agents of the Municipal Police and the Municipal Transit Police raided the facilities of the Ixil indigenous mayor’s office of Nebaj in an ‘illegal and arbitrary’ manner, which has provoked social confrontation and tension in the municipality of Quichè.”

Source: Crónica.com.gt

September 2, 2022

https://cronica.com.gt/alcalde-de-nebaj-ordena-allanamiento-de-oficina-de-la-alcaldia-indigena-y-genera-conflcito/

  • Eviction of the facilities of the Indigenous Mayor’s Office of Nebaj is suspended. 

“The Court of First Criminal Instance of Nebaj, Quiché, granted a provisional injunction to the Ancestral Maya Ixil Indigenous Authorities of that municipality, thus suspending the eviction of the facilities used by the Indigenous Mayor’s Office.”

Source: ElPeriodico.com.gt

By Denis Aguilar

September 1, 2022

https://elperiodico.com.gt/sociedad/local/2022/09/01/suspenden-desalojo-de-instalaciones-de-la-alcaldia-indigena-de-nebaj/

  • Indigenous Mayor’s Office of Nebaj, Quiché, denounces possible eviction

“These actions would be part of the reprisals against the Indigenous Mayor’s Office ‘for having obtained the withdrawal of the immunity of the municipal mayor and for having been favored with Provisional Protection granted by the Mixed Chamber of the Court of Appeals of Quiché, for several violations of rights of the Mayan Ixil people of Nebaj’”.

Source: LaHora.gt

September 1, 2022

https://lahora.gt/nacionales/la-hora/2022/09/01/alcaldia-indigena-de-nebaj-quiche-denuncia-posible-desalojo/

Read the Statement of Indigenous Council of Nebaj, Quiché