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Protestants Facing Increased Persecution in Mexico's Indigenous Communities
Lauro Perez Nunez was banished from his community for failing to belong to the “traditionalist” church, which is a combination of paganism and Catholicism.
A district judge ruled in March that he could go back home, but he was not welcomed there. He received death threats and his cousin was beaten by gangs of people who rallied outside the house.
The Mexican Constitution allows for indigenous communities to rule themselves unless it affects human rights.
Nunez brought the case before the National Council of Religious Tolerance, which was put together in January to fight for religious freedom in Mexico, according to World Watch Monitor.
In the village where Nunez lives, La Chachalaca, in the district of Santiago Camotlan, Oaxaca, he was part of the protestant minority. He was imprisoned for violating the faith of the community.
“In the beginning, there were about 16 families in the village that practiced [Evangelical Christianity],” Núñez said. “But the accusations that we were against the beliefs of the majority, that we were attempting to go against the community, made many stop expressing their ideas.”
Before his release from prison, Nunez was told to denounce his faith, but he refused.
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