On the 30th of April, 2008, the small community of Santo Domingo Ixcatlán, located in the Mixteca region of the State of Oaxaca, southern Mexico, was shaken by the news of a triple homicide. Amnesty International reported that dozens of armed men headed by the former Mayor of Ixcatlán, Freddy Eucario Morales Arias, brutally murdered three members of the community: Gustavo Castañeda Hernández, Melesio Martínez Robles and Inocencio Medina Bernabé.

Despite three years having passed since the tragic events occurred, the victims' families continue demanding justice and protection from the authorities as well as that those responsible are sentenced for the crimes they committed and no longer continue to live with impunity.

The Centre for Human Rights and Legal Aid to Indigenous Peoples (Cedhapi), organisation accompanied by PBI since 2009, represents the relatives of the three people killed in Santo Domingo Ixcatlán in April 2008, amongst other cases.

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