The cases continue to accumulate and there is no trace of the whereabouts of lawyer Ricardo Lagunes and professor Antonio Dz, who disappeared on January 15 in the town of Cerro de Ortega, Colima, after their participation in a meeting of community members in San Miguel Aquila, the municipal seat of one of the largest municipalities in Michoac, which is located near the border between these two states.
The situation in that community is characterized by the division of its communal assembly. Ever since the mining company Ternium, with Argentine-Spanish capital, bought its predecessor, Las Encinas, from the company Hylsa. Around 2005 and up to the present, there have been a series of problems regarding non-compliance with agreements to which both the community and the company have signed.