Historic decree to restore 2,471 hectares of ancestral land to Wixárika community

"President Claudia Sheinbaum has taken decisive steps toward the restitution of ancestral lands to the Wixárika people in a historic process that seeks to repair decades of dispossession and agrarian conflict in the border region between Jalisco and Nayarit.

The Wixárika, sometimes known as the Huichol, are an Indigenous group primarily from the state of Jalisco. They mainly live in the municipalities of Mezquitic, Bolaños, and to a lesser extent, Huejuquilla. According to official figures, this area is home to approximately 14,300 Wixárikas.

According to Sheinbaum, her government will issue a decree this week to return 2,471 hectares in the Huajimic region of Nayarit to the Wixárika community of San Sebastián Teponahuaxtlán and its annex, Tuxpan de Bolaños (Wuaut+a-Kuruxi Manuwe), located mainly in Mezquitic, Jalisco. This move represents the largest ancestral land restitution to date, representing nearly one-quarter of the 10,448 hectares the Wixárika have claimed."

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