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For Chiapas Indigenous, Justice Gets Lost Without Translation

For Chiapas Indigenous, Justice Gets Lost Without Translation
Petrona Hernández Pérez poses for a portrait with a machete and hoe that belong to her husband, Agustín Pérez Domínguez, outside their house in San Juan Cancuc. MARISSA REVILLA/GPJ MEXICO

In Chiapas, 42% of indigenous people who were arrested did not receive the assistance of an interpreter in any part of their legal proceedings. Today, they serve their sentences without understanding what was said during their trials.

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