> Join the IFCO-Pastors for Peace
> HUMAN RIGHTS OBSERVER DELEGATION TO CHIAPAS
> February 4-11, 1996
>
>On February 9, 1995 Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo issued
>warrants for the arrest of Subcommandante Marcos of the EZLN and
>other alleged Zapatista leaders. He ordered the Mexican Federal
>Army to occupy indigenous communities in the state of Chiapas.
>The presence of soldiers in rural Chiapas caused thousands of
>indigenous people to flee to the uninhabitable jungle. For the
>people of Chiapas, the actions of the Mexican army were no less
>than a declaration of war, not only against the Zapatistas but
>against the civilian population as well.
>
>You can make a difference in the struggle for justice in Chiapas
>by recruiting partcipants for the IFCO/Pastors for Peace Human
>Rights Delegation.
>
>In the year following the army's offensive against indigenous
>communities in Chiapas, Pastors for Peace has organized three
>humanitarian aid caravans and eight human rights observer
>delegations in support of the indigneous struggle for land,
>liberty and democracy. Pastors for Peace projects have helped
>increase international presence in Chiapas and international
>awareness of the army's actions in the zone of conflict.
>
>The February Delegation to Chiapas will directly support the
>people of Chiapas by visiting indigneous communities and
>documenting human rights abuses. In addition, delegates will
>learn first hand about this historic struggle.
>
>CONTACT PASTORS FOR PEACE TODAY FOR AN APPLICATION AND MORE
>INFORMATION
>
>PHONE 612-870-7121 EMAIL p4p@igc.apc.org
>
>
>