The Observatory urges the Mexican federal authorities and the authorities of Puebla to put an end to the judicial harassment against Juan Carlos Flores Solís, Myriam Vargas Teutle, and their family. The Observatory expresses deep concern for the security risks faced by Juan Carlos Flores Solís, Myriam Vargas Teutle, and their family, as well as the collectives and communities of which they are part. The Observatory firmly condemns the house raid and threats against Juan Carlos Flores Solís, Myriam Vargas Teutle, and their family, which constitute reprisals for their legitimate work in defence of human rights, land, territory, water and Indigenous peoples’ rights. A year later, in February 2019, Juan Carlos Flores, after the murder of community leader and Indigenous rights defender Samir Flores Soberanes, received threats indicating that he would be one of the next victims. At the same time, he faced three judicial processes with arrest warrants, obtaining his complete freedom in May 2018. In 2014, he was imprisoned for 10 months in reprisal for his work in defence of human rights and against the Morelos Integral Project (PIM). The Observatory stresses that Juan Carlos Flores has been subjected to harassment and threats for the past eight years. At the same time, the community of Santa María Zacatepec initiated a process for the recognition of their self-determination as an Indigenous people, which was legally accompanied by Juan Carlos Flores. Several companies have been identified as interested in these territories in order to exploit their resources and generate enough electricity to guarantee an industrialisation plan for the region. In the last year, Juan Carlos Flores’ work as a member and lawyer of the FPDTA-MPT has focused on accompanying different Indigenous Nahua communities fighting against the extraction and contamination of water, both in the Cuautla river, in the municipality of Ayala, Morelos, and in Juan C. Vargas’ IDs were also left lying in the garden. The perpetrators had taken Mr. Flores’ documents and IDs for political events. ![]() On 15 April, both defenders went to the house and discovered that a new break-in had occurred between the 11th and the early hours of 15 April. Vargas had previously left intact with the intention of preserving evidence of the crime. The perpetrators broke the window pane to gain access to the house, where, once inside, they removed the belongings of both human rights defenders and removed the knife from the bed that Mr. Flores and Ms. On 10 April, Juan Carlos Flores found his home broken into once again, despite having alerted the Mexican authorities about the violent events of 5 April. These acts constitute a direct threat against the integrity and life of Juan Carlos Flores, Myriam Vargas Teutle, and their family. The perpetrators stole several valuables and left threatening messages in the house, including a knife on the bed and tampering with a photo of them and their family. Both defenders found their personal documents lying on the floor. The fence of their land and the door of the house were forced and their room was searched. ![]() On 5 April 2022, unknown persons broke into the home of Juan Carlos Flores and Myriam Vargas Teutle in the village of Santa María Zacatepec, municipality of Juan C. Myriam Vargas Teutle, both members of the Frente de Pueblos en Defensa de la Tierra y el Agua (Peoples’ Front in Defence of Land and Water, FPDTA-MPT), an organisation that defends human rights, land, territory, environment and self-determination of Indigenous peoples in the states of Puebla, Morelos and Tlaxcala. The Observatory has received with concern information about the illegal search of the home of Mr. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint partnership of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Mexico.
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