> Mexico Cop Confesses in Massacre > > SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico (AP) - Local police commander Felipe > Vazquez today provided the first direct link between government officials and > a massacre of 45 indians. He testified he had been ordered to check if > civilians carrying illegal weapons were members of the Institutional > Revolutionary Party. If they were, he said, he was told ``to leave them be.'' > The commander of the Chiapas state police detachment near the site of the Dec. > 22 massacre has been charged with supplying weapons to the attackers. The > attorney general's office, however, has yet to name any state officials as > suspects. > > ___________________________________________________ > NUEVO AMANECER PRESS- N.A.P. > _________________________________ > Non Profit organization translating and distributing information > in support of the work in defense of human rights. > General Director: Roger Maldonado-Mexico > Assistant Director: Susana Saravia (Anibarro) > Director Spain: Darrin Wood > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
