Chiapas conflict

armed conflicts between indigenous peoples, drug cartels and central government in the state of Chiapas, Mexico

massacre of 45 Roman Catholic indigenous people attending a prayer meeting, carried out on December 22, 1997, by the paramilitary group Mascaras Rojas (Red Masks)

riot in Mexico

1996 accords between Mexico and the EZLN

rebellion coordinated by the Zapatista Army of National Liberation

political program