On 5 April 2022, someone broke into the home of Juan Carlos Flores and Myriam Vargas Teutle in the village of Santa María Zacatepec, municipality of Juan C. Bonilla, state of Puebla. The fence of their land and the door of the house were forced and their room was searched. Both defenders found their personal documents lying on the floor. The perpetrators stole several valuables and left threatening messages in the house, including a knife on the bed and tampering with a photo of them and their family. Juan and Myriam are members of the Peoples’ Front in Defence of Land and Water (Frente de Pueblos en Defensa de la Tierra y el Agua), an organisation which stands for human rights, land, territory, environment and self-determination of Indigenous peoples in the states of Puebla, Morelos and Tlaxcala. In 2021, Flores has accompanied Indigenous Nahua communities fighting against the extraction and contamination of water. Several companies are interested in these territories in order to exploit their resources and generate enough electricity. He also legally followed the process for the recognition of the self-determination of the Santa María Zacatepec community. In 2014, he was imprisoned for 10 months in reprisal for his work in defence of human rights and against the Morelos Integral Project (PIM).

The defenders' residence was raided again twice, on 10 April and 15 April.