Recent news from Mexico indicates that Mexico's State
Department remains intransigent towards the EZLN.
Negotiator Marco Antonio Bernal stated today that:
1) the federal gov't is not considering any "violent"
action
2) the sentencing of the prisoners proceeds and the law
which governs the peace is not a "straightjacket"
3)the EZLN should bring any issues to the negotiating
table on June 5th or re-set a date.
Meanwhile, in Veracruz, Francisco Garcia Santiago, a
presumed Zapatista, was found guilty and sentenced to 7
years in jail and a fine of $15,000 pesos. Santiago was
sentenced based upon a confession obtained from him after
members of his family had been kidnapped by state police and
threats to their safety were used to obtain his confession.
He was sentenced for the sabotage of an electrical tower in
Veracruz.
Taken from La Jornada 5/28/96
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