Toenemende agressie tegenover autonome Zapatista gemeenten in Mexico

"...Things are getting hot in autonomous regions, in the countryside in Chiapas, between zapatistas, the Army and two paramilitary groupings... Bellinhausen has been reporting on it since the escalation of confrontations (and that is why people were worried that he was the one who was kidnapped since he is writing about them). It seems the paramilitary groups have amassed a few hundred followers, are armed and are meeting regularly, and there are reports of Mx Army training and joint patrols with these groups. There has been attacks on zapatista autonomous areas.

The escalation looks ominous, and we are hoping nothing more serious develops. But the enticement is to confinscate the autonomous areas, privatise them so to speak, and dispense the land between the goons and whomever is pulling the strings..."