Mexico: The Yaqui fight back
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Resistance and division among Mexico\\u2019s indigenous Yaqui people. Anabela Carlon is a legal advocate for the indigenous Yaqui of Sonora \\u2013 a fierce defender of her people\\u2019s land. And she is no stranger to the immense dangers that face her in northern Mexico, a region dominated by organised crime. In 2016, she and her husband were kidnapped at gunpoint by masked men. And now one of her biggest cases is representing the families of 10 men from her community who disappeared last year. \\n \\nIn Mexico, the Yaqui of Sonora are known as, \\u2018the undefeated\\u2019. In spite of being hunted, enslaved and exiled, they are the only indigenous group never to have surrendered to Spanish colonial forces or the Mexican government. Somehow, eight communities survived along the River Yaqui. But there are deep divisions. Most of all, over whether a gas pipeline should be allowed on their land. Anabela Carlon is adamant it will not happen.
Presenter: Linda Pressly\\nProducer: Phoebe Keane\\nProducer in Mexico: Ulises Escamilla
(Image: Anabela Carlon, of the Yaqui tribe, stands in the dry bed of the river Yaqui. Credit: BBC)
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