![A Mexican National Guard member monitors a checkpoint in Chiapas, Mexico, in June 2023.](https://americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1335406917-300x192.jpg)
Chiapas Fears Organized Crime, and Military Intervention
Ascendant cartel power on the Mexico-Guatemala border is alarming Indigenous communities, but so is the prospect of militarization.
Ascendant cartel power on the Mexico-Guatemala border is alarming Indigenous communities, but so is the prospect of militarization.