August 9, on International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador signed a decree that “recognizes, protects, preserves and safeguards” the sacred places and sites, as well as the pilgrimage routes, of the Huichol (Wixárika), Cora, Tepehuano and Mexicanero peoples in the states of Jalisco, Nayarit, Durango and San Luis Potosi.
These site include Santa Catarina, and Xapawiyeme, located on the Isla de los Alacranes on Lake Chapala, in Jalisco; Isla del Rey in San Blas, Nayarit; Cerro Gordo, San Bernardino, and Milpilla in Durango; and Wirikuta in Real de Catorce, San Luis Potosí.