WORLD IN BRIEF : MEXICO : U.S. Copters Used Against Uprising
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The Mexican government diverted helicopters, including some provided by the United States, from their normal duties intercepting drug traffickers to support its campaign against rebels in the southern state of Chiapas, officials said. Interdiction efforts appeared to collapse as a result, at least temporarily, a Mexican helicopter pilot and Western diplomats said.
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