“We don’t want the Federal Army…we want peace and tranquillity for the people”
According to the information received by SIPAZ, on May 19, 2008, a helicopter was seen flying over the ejido (communal land) of San Jerónimo Tulijá in the municipality of Chilón, Chiapas. Later that day at approximately 3 in the afternoon, 11 vehicles belonging to the Mexican army and the Federal Investigations Agency (AFI, Agencia Federal de Investigaciones), arrived at the ejido with some 300 soldiers and agents from the two police agencies present as well as the public prosecutor of Palenque.
To read the full SIPAZ report click here.
For more information (in Spanish):
Operativo federal conjunto en San Jerónimo Tulijá (Frayba, 20/05/2008)
Militares buscan armas en Chilón (Cuarto Poder, 22/05/2008)
