Police, Soldiers Raid Town, Arrest 141

One thousand police officers and soldiers swarmed into the town of Nicolas Ruiz in Chiapas state, firing tear gas, breaking down doors and arresting 141 rebel sympathizers they said had “held the town hostage.” People in the town of 8,000 scattered through the streets and hundreds fought police with poles during a raid that Chiapas Gov. Roberto Albores Guillen insisted was intended only to “bring the town into conformity with the law.” “ Authorities said no one was injured, but townsfolk said dozens were hurt, most by the tear gas.