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MEXICO. Chiapas State. 

Larry Towell 

In February 1995, the Mexican army moved into the state of Chiapas a year after the January 1994 uprising, in search of Zapatista commandante Marcos. The guerillas melted into rural civilian life or hid in the Laconda Mountains as the state army occupied their towns. Bishop Ruis suffered death threats and peasants surrounded the cathedral in San Cristobal de las Casas to protect him from ranchers and others opposed to social reform who had threatened to kidnap him. 

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MEXICO. Patihuitz, Chiapas. 1995. Soldiers file into the Lacondona... 

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MEXICO. Patihuitz, Lacandona Jungle, Chiapas. 1995. A government... 

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MEXICO. Chiapas State. In early February, 60,000 Mexican government... 

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MEXICO. Chiapas. 1995. Government armored vehicles share the... 

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MEXICO. Patihuitz, Lacandona Jungle, Chiapas. 1995. Government... 

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MEXICO. Chiapas. 1995. A vigil for the Zapatistas at a church... 

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MEXICO. San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas. 1995. Symbolic candles... 

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MEXICO. Chiapas. 1995. Government troops paint a school. 

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MEXICO. Chiapas. 1995. A Mexican soldier in the bed of a truck... 

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MEXICO. Chiapas. 1995. A Mexican soldier passes a plastic bag... 

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MEXICO. Chiapas. 1995. The placards outside a church in San Cristobal... 

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MEXICO. La Realidad, Laconda region, Chiapas. 1995. Peasant family... 

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MEXICO. Chiapas. 1995. A church in the Zapatista village of Patihuitz.... 

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MEXICO. Chiapas. 1995. Jose Aguilar (left), President of Chiapas... 

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MEXICO. Larrainzar, Chiapas. 1995. Cross for grave of infant... 

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MEXICO. Chiapas. 1995. The body of four-year-old Manuel Diaz... 

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MEXICO. Larrainzer, Chiapas. 1995. A relative carries the coffin... 

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MEXICO. Chiapas. 1995. A government soldier patrols a quiet street... 

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MEXICO. Chiapas. 1995. The father of four-year-old Manuel Diaz... 

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MEXICO. Chiapas. 1995. The burial of Manuel Diaz Rodriguez, dead... 

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MEXICO. Chiapas. 1995. A Mexican government armored vehicle moves... 

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MEXICO. Ocosingo, Chiapas. 1995. Indian carnival to open the... 

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MEXICO. La Realidad, Laconda region, Chiapas. 1995. Peasant family... 

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MEXICO. La Realidad, Laconda region, Chiapas. 1995. Mother and... 

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MEXICO. Guadelupe Tepayec, Chiapas. 1995.Government soldiers... 

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MEXICO. Chiapas. 1995. Mexican government troops bathe in the... 

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MEXICO. Chiapas. 1995. The Rodriguez family before the burial... 

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MEXICO. Chiapas. 1995. These log benches in Aguas Caliente were... 

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MEXICO. Aguas Calientes, Laconda Jungle, Chiapas. 1995. A Mexican... 

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MEXICO. La Realidad, Chiapas. 1995. Mother and child. Zapatista... 

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MEXICO. Guadelupe Tepayec, Chiapas. 1995. Government soldiers... 

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MEXICO. Larrainzar, Chiapas. 1995. Mother of eight year old Manuel... 

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MEXICO. Chiapas. 1995. A drunk in the streets of Larrainzar,... 

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MEXICO. Chamula, Chiapas. 1995. A child walks by the cemetery... 

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MEXICO. Chiapas. 1995. Mexican police and local campesinos maintain... 

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MEXICO. San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas. 1995. Indian supporters... 

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Relocated Mayan Indians near Chamula. 

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MEXICO. Chamula, Chiapas. 1995. A child walks by the cemetery... 

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MEXICO. Alamirano, Chiapas. 1995. Ranchers. ©Larry Towell/Magnum... 

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MEXICO. San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas. 1995. Indian supporters... 
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