Residents Attack Police in Chiapas
From Times Wire Reports
Residents in Chiapas state attacked 200 federal police officers who were launching an offensive to arrest a group of alleged paramilitaries charged with the 1997 massacre of 45 peasants, forcing the troops to flee. Two officers and three Indian residents suffered minor injuries in the melee in Los Chorros, a small village near Acteal where the massacre occurred. The region of southern Mexico has seen numerous clashes between leftist Zapatista rebels and pro-government armed bands.
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