The first of the documents aims to recover, return and titrate 1,485 hectares of traditional communal land to the people of Guasachique.

Meanwhile, the second, based on the same concept, titled 693 hectares in favour of the indigenous community of Bosques de San Elías Repechique.

Today we are doing justice. Justice is a very deep word. Justice is the essence of the Fourth Transformation, especially social justice,’ she told the men and women of these communities.

“We must never again abandon the Indigenous Peoples,” she stressed, “we must not think that progress is above the Indigenous Peoples, we must never again dispossess the Indigenous Peoples of their lands, on the contrary, we must compensate them for what has been taken from them historically.”

The plans for justice, he said, call for joint work, dialogue and participation between members of the communities and the Mexican government.

The deep dignity of the Mexican people is found here in the Sierra Tarahumara, and in every place where there is an indigenous people that preserves, resists and reminds us that Mexico is what it is thanks to its indigenous peoples,’ he said.

He announced that the construction of highways and artisan roads would continue, as well as the creation of a special road from Chihuahua to the northern state of Sinaloa, and that special funds would be granted for social programmes to meet the demands of the Rarámuris.

The traditional governor of the municipality of Mogótavo (where the signing took place), Luis González, praised Sheinbaum for being the first federal head of state to visit the Sierra Tarahumara.

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