**Indigenous Communities Seeking Aid Displaced by Violence in Their Territories**
In Tijuana, many women and children who are seen asking for help on the streets are largely affected by violence in their home communities, a trend highlighted by Cristina Solano Díaz, the head of the Association of Bilingual Intercultural Mediators in Baja California. This organization is currently conducting a census to determine the number of people affected. Preliminary findings suggest that most of these displaced individuals are from the Tsotsil community in Chiapas.
Recent incidents have seen these women and their children detained by authorities, with the minors being placed into child protective services (DIF) for seeking aid on the streets. A particularly concerning case occurred in Mexicali, where the State Human Rights Commission and the National Institute of Indigenous Peoples had to intervene after a mother was detained and denied interpreter services.
Jorge Álvaro Ochoa Orduño of the State Human Rights Commission is compiling a report on a recent event where municipal police detained a mother with her children, one of whom was injured during the arrest. Solano Díaz emphasizes the importance of recognizing the collective rights of indigenous people to have access to interpreters. She urges the cessation of violence and persecution instigated by state and municipal authorities against these vulnerable communities.
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