An estimated 10,000 people of different ethnicities including human rights defenders, retired teachers, transporters and parishioners from the Catholic Church, marched Friday in the Mexican state of Chiapas to demand that the government end drug trafficking violence.
The march comes in the wake of a spike in cartel and gang violence between the Sinaloa Cartel (CDS) and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) that has also seen a spike in illegal drug trafficking.
ADN has reported numerous incidents of cartel violence impacting Mexican citizens, foreign tourists and cartel wars between rival criminal syndicates.