In Chiapas, long shadows. (influence of political violence in Mexico)

From: Commonweal | Date: May 6, 1994| Author: Huerta, Alberto | Copyright information

Consternation, confusion, and frustration characterize the prevailing mood in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, where the insurrection of the indigenous Emiliano Zapata Liberacion Nacional Movement (EZLN) blew open 1994. Now, four months later, sinister and mysterious forces seem to be stalking not only Chiapas but all of Mexico.

The March 23 assassination of the popular presidential candidate of the PRI party, Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta, opened wide Mexico's unhe...

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