One of the things not mentioned in most of the articles is that Chiapas, of course, was the main center of “Comandante Marcos” and his roving guerrilla band. The place is extremely left-wing, and the Catholic bishop at the time was very lefty himself and did nothing to improve Catholic religious practice, encourage the Catholic faith, or work on the real problems of the people of the area. He was too busy sucking up to Comandante Marcos.
However, he was removed and replaced a couple of years ago, so there is a new bishop working on things and I’m sure changes are taking place.
It’s complicated, because in addition to its Catholics, its Evangelicals, its practicers of santería-type syncretist cults, and its raving Marxists, Chaipas has a heavy Islamic influence. There has been a wave of conversions by Evangelicals to Islam, and the Muslims, working through an Islamic organization headed by a Spanish Muslim convert, have been working among the disaffected Protestants of the area. Just recently, in fact, the Mexican government expelled some of the Muslim recruiters, because there was some indication that they were tied in with foreign Islamist powers. And of course the Muslims and the left are hand in glove.
It’s an area to watch, certainly, and it’s very hard to figure out what’s going on there.
I agree with your post. I would be curious to know the number of Mexican illegals from that area. I imagine because of its instability the number would be high