Update to Response to Information Request MEX21483.E of 4 August 1995 on violence by the government against landowners protesting the confiscation of their lands in Mexico City and Tuxtla Gutiérrez [MEX21621.E]

No further information on the government's response to the landowners hunger strike in Mexico City and in Tuxtla Gutiérrez could 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 by the DIRB for this Response to Information Request.

Sources Consulted

Amnesty International Report. 1995. New York: Amnesty International.

Central America Newspak [Austin, Tx]. 1994-1995.

Central America Report [Guatemala City]. 1994.

Central America Update [Toronto]. 1994.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Reports. Daily.

Indexed Media Review (IMR)

Inter-Church Committee on Human Rights in Latin America (ICCHRLA). 1994. Annual Reports: General Concerns and Brief Country Reports.

Keesing's Record of World Events. 1994-1995. Edited by Roger East. London: Longman.


Latin America Update [Washington]. 1994.

Latinamerica Press [Lima]. 1994-1995.

Latin American Newsletters [London]. 1994.

Latin American Regional Reports: Mexico and Nafta Report [London]. 1994-1995.

Latin American Special Reports [London]. 1994.

Mexico Newspak [Austin, Tx]. 1994-1995.

News From Americas Watch [New York]. 1994.

Reding, Andrew J. May 1995. Democracy and Human Rights in Mexico. New York: North America Project of the World Policy Institute.

Oral sources.