Our case is emblematic of this frustration, or should I say deliberate impunity that we face. After six of our colleagues were killed, we received so much vilification online from the government. We filed for legal protection, the petition for the Writ of Amparo and Habeas Data at the supreme court. This is a remedy that came from the Latin American institutions. The appellate court denied our petition, and then nine more of our colleagues were killed. Then malicious charges were filed by one of those whom we held to court, the national security adviser.
A commission on human rights faced enormous obstacles in conducting investigations on the killings. It was not given access to important documents. You have a task force led by the justice department and courts with zero conviction rates on the killings of activists. You have both houses of congress dominated by allies of the president, who do not engage civil society in their investigations and opinions.