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| June 2026
Denouncement from the Indigenous O'dam and Wixarika community of San Lorenzo Azqueltán for aggressions committed toward them with respect to a dispute over the communal parcel known as La Peña Blanca. In recent years there have been many threats and direct attempts against community members by armed forces.
| June 2026
With formal support from traditional Wixárika authorities, the Consejo del Patrimonio Cultural Originario (Council for Native Cultural Heritage), announces that it has presented a legal demand to Mexico's INDAUTOR (entity in charge of copyrights) for the cultural appropriation carried out by Mexican artist, César Menchaca and his company, Menchaca Studio. For well over a decade Menchaca has created giant beaded figures displaying sacred symbols in Wixarika culture. These works, featured in Dubai, Las Vegas and Mexico City were created through contracting Wixarika artisans.
| May 2026
Article detailing the ongoing struggle to protect Wirikuta despite legal decrees issued by Mexican government and the recent UNESCO World Heritage Site declaration of 2025. Consejo Regional Wixárika representative, Sofía García Mijarez, is interviewed about the ongoing conflict.
| April 2026

After more than 15 años of struggle, a recent sentencing orders the cancelation of dozens of mining concessions in Wirikuta--sacred land for the Wixarika people. It is a big step forward, but it leaves key risks in tact. From the recognition of Wirikuta by the UNESCO in 2025, the principal demand of the Wixarika perplejas been the complete cancelation of mining in the region. Although the Mexican government initially responded, 23 concessions remain active, including the most strategic ones linked to First Majestic Silver—, keeping the possibility of exploitation open.

| April 2026
Declaration with the Wixarika Regional Council on the mining concessions that remain active in Wirikuta despite recent judicial victories that led to the cancelation of 44 concessions. The declaration analyzes the judicial advances, considers the pending actions to effectively protect the sacred territory, and exposes the demands that include the respect for sustainable development for the small farmer communities that live in the region.
| April 2026
Statement issued by the Wixarika Union of Ceremonial Centers of Jalisco, Durango and Nayarit that recognizes the legal victory that cancels 44 mining concessions in the sacred place of Wirikuta, but that leaves 23 concessions active despite international and national agreements.
| March 2026
Diego Galeana Jiménez, presiding judge of the Fourth District Court of San Luis Potosí, granted a writ of *amparo* (constitutional protection) to the Wixárika people, ordering the nullification of 44 mining concession titles located within the Wirikuta protected natural area and sacred site—concessions that had been issued during the six-year presidential term of Felipe Calderón Hinojosa (2006–2012).
| March 2026
Statement presented by the Commission for Self-Determination and Autonomy of Tuxpan and San Sebastián Teponahuaxtlán, Mezquitic, and Bolaños, Jalisco, regarding the events of recent days—specifically the blockade—as well as their concerns and the conditions for entering into the dialogue convened by the municipal government following the conflict concerning changes to the system of governance within the Municipality of Bolaños.
| March 2026
Following the toppling of the "Monument of the Deer" (*Monumento del Venado*), the Municipal President of Bolaños, Trino Sandoval González, convened Wixárika and *mestizo* leaders for a dialogue session to address the conflict and help contain the climate of social tension currently prevailing in the municipality.
| March 2026
After 15 years of litigation, the Fourth District Court in the state ruled to grant *amparo* relief to the Wixárika people, ordering the relevant authorities to revoke the mining concession titles within the Wirikuta Natural Sacred Site Protected Natural Area, and further mandating that, henceforth, any granting of concessions must be subject to consultation.