> Subject: IPS:Chiapas-Rebel Leaders Captured > > Original Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mailing List: NATIVE-L ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > MEXICO: Colonel Killed, Two Rebel Leaders Captured in Chiapas > > MEXICO CITY, FEB 11 (IPS) - An army colonel was killed and two > rebel leaders ordered detained were captured in separate > incidents in the confictive zone of the southern state of Chiapas > Friday. > > The Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) leaders captured > are Jorge Elorreaga and Jorge Santiago, the government indicated. > > Elorreaga, alias Vicente, was captured at a military > roadblock in Las Margaritas and is being interogated in the > Chiapas capital of Tuxtla Gutierrez. > > Santiago was detained in Teopisca, some 30 kilometers south > of San Cristobal de las Casas, seat of Bishop Samuel Ruiz, who > has served as mediator in the now destroyed dialogue between the > government and EZLN. > > The colonel was killed as he was driving an armored vehicle in > Guadalupe Tepeyec, and government authorities reported that ten > other people were wounded in the isolated incident, but did not > specivfy whether they were troops, rebels, or civilians. > > The army entered 12 villages in the zone under control of the > rebels without facing resistance, including Ocosingo, Morelia, > Las Margaritas, Guadalupe Tepeyec, Simojovel and Teopisca, the > government claimed. > > The troops then did house-to-house searches to interrogate the > population, the majority of whom are thought to support the > rebels. > > The military is not permitting members of the media to enter > the zone and verify reports. > > Meanwhile, the Commission of Nongovernmental Organisations > for Peace (CONPAZ) said their offices in San Cristobal were > forcibly searched by some 30 heavily armed members of the federal > judicial police, who broke doors, furniture and destroyed files > and later followed office workers home and broke. > > The Commission reiterated its commitment to ''continue working > against violence and for the human rights of the population,'' > and expressed its hope that the violent incident is not the > beginning of a harassment campaign against human rights > organisations. > > In Mexico City, Maria Gloria Benavidez, identified by the > Justice Ministry as EZLN subcommander Elisa, said she was > tortured and threatened with death while she was interrogated, > and signed her declarations under pressure. > (END/IPS/trd-so/emv/mc/js/95) > > > Origin: San Jose/MEXICO/ > ---- > > [c] 1994, Inter Press Third World News Agency (IPS) - all rights > reserved. This information is for personal use only. It may not be > reproduced, reprinted, resent or posted to any system without > specific permission from IPS. For information about this copyright, > e-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > > IPS is the developing world's largest news agency. In the United > States, it is available from PeaceNet. The entire IPS feed is available > at *no additional charge* to users of PeaceNet and EcoNet (e-mail to > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for more information). You can also have > IPS delivered to your e-mail box every day. For information on that > service, e-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > >
