Day 599 — Federal Government Formally Installs Chilapa-Guerrero Peace Dialogue Table After Los Ardillos Displacement Crisis

On May 23, 2026 (Day 599), the federal government formally installed the Mesa de Diálogo por la Paz (Peace Dialogue Table) for the Chilapa-Hueycantenango corridor in Guerrero's Montaña Baja region, following the displacement emergency that began in early May. The table was coordinated among the federal government (represented by Interior Secretary Rosa Icela Rodríguez), Guerrero Governor Evelyn Salgado Pineda, and community representatives from the municipalities affected by the Los Ardillos and Los Tlacos drone-and-firearms campaign. Ten new municipal commissioners were formally installed during the event as direct community-government liaisons to facilitate security coordination, social reconstruction, and the return of displaced families. BACKGROUND: On May 12, 2026, Security Secretary García Harfuch named Los Ardillos and Los Tlacos as responsible for displacing 800+ indigenous families from Tula, Xicotlan, Acahuehuetlan, and Alcozacan (all in Chilapa municipality). On May 13, Sheinbaum confirmed approximately 100 indigenous people previously held or displaced by Los Ardillos were safe. The peace dialogue installation represents a shift from crisis response to medium-term institutional stabilization, though security analysts note that similar dialogue tables in Michoacán and Guerrero have had mixed results when criminal groups maintain territorial control and arms superiority. CONTEXT: Guerrero remains one of six Mexican states where homicide counts have risen despite the national downward trend, and the Chilapa corridor is among the most violent sub-state regions in the country.