'No way out': Emotional trauma haunts displaced indigenous Mexicans [reuters.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 4/16/2012:00 PM

By Oscar Lopez, Reuters, April 15, 2020

Recalling the day she was forced off her land in southern Mexico by men shooting guns in the air and setting fire to her fields, Luz Magdalena de la Torre Vazquez is filled with despair.

The 45-year-old indigenous Tzotzil woman has since found refuge with family in the town of San Juan Chamula in Chiapas state, but the experience nearly two years ago has taken a heavy emotional toll.

“You can’t even find the words to say what you’re feeling,” Vazquez said, wiping away tears. “There are times when it feels like there’s no way out.”

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