Overview
- Eliezer Otilio Zamora Pérez was detained Friday in Amilcingo by state investigative agents with Mexican Army presence while working his field, and witnesses say no warrant was shown.
- He was moved between facilities, logged at the Atlacholoaya prison, and returned to his community around 3 a.m. Saturday after roughly 14 hours in custody.
- Zamora Pérez reported not receiving food during detention and having a painful hand injury, and he was released with no current charges filed.
- The Morelos prosecutor’s office says the operation executed a 2018 court re-arrest order for alleged despojo and has opened an administrative investigation into the agents’ conduct.
- Community organizations denounce the detention as harassment tied to opposition to the Proyecto Integral Morelos, seek human-rights oversight and official information, and note he is covered by the federal protection mechanism for defenders.