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References
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. "Archivo histórico de localidades".
- ↑ López Bárcenas, Francisco: "El municipio autónomo de San Juan Copala". La Jornada, 10 de enero de 2007. Consultada el 27 de enero de 2011.
- ↑ San Juan Copala: crónica de una represión anunciada, Francisco López Bárcenas, La Jornada, Apr 29th, 2010, http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2010/04/29/index.php?article=009a1pol§ion=opinion
- ↑ Paramilitaries Kill Two Human Rights Activists in Oaxaca, Democracy Now!, April 30, 2010 https://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/30/paramilitaries_kill_two_human_rights_activists
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