Document #1073743
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
For information on armed actions committed
by the EZLN against the landowners in Chiapas, please consult the
attached documents.
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.
Americas Watch. 1 March 1994. Mexico:
The New Year's Rebellion: Violations of Human Rights and
Humanitarian Law During the Armed Revolt in Chiapas, Mexico.
New York: Human Rights Watch, p. 15, p. 21.
The Christian Science Monitor
[Boston]. 14 April 1994. David Clark Scott. "Chiapas Ranchers Vow
to Take Law into Their Own Hands." (Mexico NewsPak [Austin],
11-24 Apr. 1994, Vol. 2, No. 6, pp. 1-2)
_____. 3 March 1994. David Clark Scott.
"Chiapas Peasants Reclaim Land They Say Was Stolen by Ranchers."
(Mexico NewsPak [Austin], 28 Feb.-13 Mar. 1994, Vol. 2, No.
3, p. 8)
Dallas Morning News. 4 July 1994.
Tracey Eaton. "Chiapas Militants Speed Up Drive for Land."
(Mexico NewsPak [Austin], 20 June-3 July 1994, Vol. 2, No.
11, pp. 4-5)
The Houston Chronicle. 30 January
1995. "Mexican Ranchers Eager to Regain Land." (Mexico
NewsPak [Austin], 16-29 Jan. 1995, Vol. 2, No. 26, pp.
9-10)
_____. 26 November 1994. "Activists in
Chiapas Kidnap 2 Ranchers Over Land Dispute." (Mexico
NewsPak [Austin], 21 Nov.-4 Dec. 1994, Vol. 2, No. 22, p.
7)
Inter Press Service. 19 January
1994. Pablo Iacub. "Mexico: Gubernatorial Merry-Go-Round Highlights
Political Crisis."
La Jornada [Mexico City]. 12
January 1995. David Aponte. "'White Guards' Acting with Impunity."
(Mexico NewsPak [Austin],
2-15 Jan. 1995, Vol. 2, No. 25, p.
10)
_____. 10 June 1994. Elio
Henríquez & José Gil Olmos. "Oceítas
Detain 8 People in Comitán, Chiapas." (Mexico NewsPak
[Austin], 6-19 June 1994, Vol. 2, No. 10, p. 3)
The New York Times. 17 February
1994. Anthony DePalma. "Mexican Negotiator Meets Rebels as Former
Governor is Released." (Mexico NewsPak [Austin], 14-27 Feb.
1994, Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 2)
Reuters. 31 January 1994. BC Cycle.
Kieran Murray. "Mexico's
Mayan Rebels Strike at Heart of Ranchers' Power." (NEXIS)
_____. 23 January 1994. BC Cycle. Kieran
Murray. "Mexico Peace Envoy, Rebels to Hold Talks." (NEXIS)
San Antonio Express News. 29 May
1994. "Peasant Leaders Removed from Ranches in Chiapas." (Mexico
NewsPak [Austin], 23 May-5 June 1994, Vol. 2, No. 9, p. 10)
The Toronto Star. 28 January
1994. Final Edition. "Mexican Peasants Flee as Rebels Gain
Control." (NEXIS)
United Press International. 27
January 1994. BC Cycle. Laurence Iliff. "Rights Groups Say Abuses
Continue in Southern Mexico." (NEXIS)
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
(FBIS) Reports. Daily.
Human Rights Watch. 1995. Human
Rights Watch World Report. New York: Human Rights Watch.
Inter-Church Committee on Human Rights
in Latin America (ICCHRLA). Yearly. Annual Reports: General
Concerns and Brief Country Reports.
Keesing's Record of World Events.
1994. Edited by Roger East. London: Longman.
Latin America Update
[Washington]. 1994.
Latinamerica Press [Lima].
1994.
Latin American Newsletters
[London]. 1994.
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