Document #1020568

IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)

Information on the extortion of Mexican businesses by the Zapatist National Liberation Army (EZLN, Ejercito Zapatista de Liberación Nacional), especially evidence of EZLN agents demanding money from businesses in the Colonia Isidro Favela district of Mexico City between 1994 and 1996 and whether there is any record of government response or protection offered to merchants [MEX27136.E]

Information on the extortion of Mexican businesses by the Zapatist National Liberation Army (EZLN, Ejercito Zapatista de Liberación Nacional) could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Sources Consulted


Latinamerica Press [Lima]. Weekly. Jan. 1995-June 1997.

Mexico Newspak [Austin, Tex.]. Fortnightly. Jan. 1995-June 1997.

World News Connection (FBIS). Daily. Jan. 1994-June 1997.

Four oral sources consulted did not provide information on the requested subject.

On-line search of media sources.

ecoi.net description:
Information on the extortion of Mexican businesses by the Zapatist National Liberation Army (EZLN, Ejercito Zapatista de Liberación Nacional), especially evidence of EZLN agents demanding money from businesses in the Colonia Isidro Favela district of Mexico City between 1994 and 1996 and whether there is any record of government response or protection offered to merchants [MEX27136.E]
Country:
Mexico
Source:
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Document type:
Response
Language:
English
Published:
30 June 1997
Document ID:
1020568 (former ID 187432)

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