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3 Zapatista Rebel Supporters Killed

(c) The Associated Press

 SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico (AP) - Three supporters of the leftist
Zapatista rebels were killed in an ambush in the southern state of
Chiapas.

The three were attacked Tuesday in Chavajebal, 185 miles north of San
Cristobal de las Casas, said Bartolo Perez, a spokesman for the regional
Indian group CIRSA.

He said the three were shot while in their way home from a shopping trip.

A police official, Santiago Solis, confirmed the killings, but said he had
no details because the area is controlled by Zapatista rebels.

It is not known who was responsible for the attack. The area has been the
site of clashes between Zapatista supporters and paramilitaries who
support the governing party.

The Zapatistas staged a brief uprising in January 1994 in the name of
Indian rights and greater democracy. Peace talks have been stalled for
almost four years.

Fighting between Zapatistas and soldiers has been infrequent in recent
years, but one of the biggest battles occurred in Chavajebal in June 1988,
when eight Zapatistas and two soldiers were killed.


 
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