Union of Indigenous Communities of the Northern Zone of the Isthmus (UCIZONI)
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Civilians accompanied by Oaxaca state police attacked the UCIZONI encampment, which had been permanently and peacefully blocking the Mogoñe Viejo-Vixidu railway line for 24 days. The attacks left two people injured. This blockade has been one of UCIZONI's forms of resistance to the project to build the Mogoñe Viejo-Vixidu section of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec railway on indigenous territories without their free, prior and informed consent. This project also includes the eventual development of a commercial-industrial corridor, the construction of commercial ports, a network of primary and secondary roads, digital connectivity networks, a gas pipeline, as well as ten industrial parks. The project also plans to connect with another large-scale investment project, the "Tren Maya". These works pose a risk to the livelihoods of the 12 indigenous communities living in the area, as well as to the preservation of their territory and environment.