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Paramilitaries linked to the Mexican government murdered 45 indigenous peasants in the village of Acteal in Chiapas

27
years ago

22 December 1997,

In the village of Acteal in Chiapas, 45 indigenous peasants were killed by paramilitaries linked to the Mexican government. President Salinas had organized a clandestine military network to fight the Zapatistas. Most of the dead were children and women and the Zapatistas remember the black day.

Source:

Josep Fontana, for the sake of empire. (Ed. Past and Present).

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1997-02-10
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1997-03-07
American veto to the UN resolution against the construction of a colony in Jerusalem by Israel
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The nine antimilitarists who boycotted the oath of the Spanish flag at the Mungia headquarters
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1997-07-04
The Asturian municipality of Bimenes declared the Asturian as a language co-official
1997-07-16
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1997-09-02
Six members of the Euskal group Herrian Euskaraz suspended their trial in the Bergara court
1997-09-04
Explosives attacks on the three hotels in Havana against the Castro government
1997-09-24
José Miguel Bustintza and Gaizka Gaztelumendi, members of ETA, were shot to death by the Civil Guard in Bilbao
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Paramilitaries linked to the Mexican government murdered 45 indigenous peasants in the village of Acteal in Chiapas

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2009-12-13
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1999-12-12
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30
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1994-12-14
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1989-12-20
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40
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1984-12-10
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40
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1984-12-09
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1984-12-03
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1984-12-02
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50
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1964-12-24
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1964-12-02
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75
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1949-12-21
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75
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1949-12-03
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80
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1944-12-10
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80
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1944-12-01
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85
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100
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1924-12-06
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1914-12-25
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