Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 12:35:47 -0600 (CST) From: Sendic Estrada Jimenez <sestrada-AT-fcfm.buap.mx> Subject: M-NEWS: E; Mexican clashes leave four dead, Oct 5 (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 14:29:47 -0500 (CDT) From: Chiapas95 <owner-chiapas95-AT-mundo.eco.utexas.edu> Subject: E; Mexican clashes leave four dead, Oct 5 This posting has been forwarded to you as a service of Accion Zapatista de Austin. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- SAN CRISTOBAL, Mexico, Oct 3 (AFP) - Armed, hooded assailants killed a six-year-old girl and three others in Chiapas state in what sources said may have been an attack targeting sympathizers of Zapatista rebels here. Prosecutors here said the attack occurred Thursday in the indigenous community of Limas Chitam-Ucum near Pantelho in Chiapas, where rebels staged a January 1, 1994 uprising against the government. Sources familiar with the case said Limas Chitam-Ucum is the capital of an "autonomous zone" created by sympathizers of the Zapatista National Liberation Army, which has yet to sign a definitive peace agreement with the government. One of those injured in the attack said the 25 assailants were armed with guns and knives, and that one of them slashed off his finger. Last month, a Zapatista commando was believed to have attacked a group of sympathizers of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) here, and in May PRI supporters attacked the indigenous village. Observers say the number of clashes between Zapatista and paramilitary groups has increased in recent months. -- To unsubscribe from this list send a message containing the words unsubscribe chiapas95 to majordomo-AT-eco.utexas.edu. Previous messages are available from http://www.eco.utexas.edu or gopher://eco.utexas.edu.
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