The history of the Otomi

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Urgent Action on Behalf of the Otomie Indigenous People of Mexico
Urgent Action on Behalf of the Otomie Indigenous People of the Communal Properties of AMAXAC The Communal Properties of Amaxac, situated in the municipality of Texcatepec, Veracruz State, Mexico, 20 September 1995. The history of the Otomi(e). The Government is closing all legal avenues to the indigenous people. We fear that if the indigenous people take the initiative to take back their lands, the Government will violently intervene to punish them for acting outside the law.
OMCT attack on indigeneous persons/mexico
From l'Organisation Mondiale contre la Torture, 20 May 1997. This Swiss human rights organization responds to the Organisation of Ethnic Peoples of Veracruz (CNI) complaint of summary execution of an indigenous Otomi leader.