DATE=6/8/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-233497
TITLE=MEXICO / CLASH (S-CQ)
BYLINE=JAMES BLEARS
DATELINE=MEXICO CITY
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: A CLASH BETWEEN MEXICAN ARMY TROOPS AND LEFTIST
GUERRILLAS NEAR ACAPULCO, ON MEXICO'S PACIFIC COAST (IN GUERRERO
STATE), HAS LEFT 11 PEOPLE DEAD, FIVE WOUNDED, AND 21 PEOPLE
UNDER ARREST. SUNDAY'S INCIDENT WAS THE FIRST MAJOR OUTBREAK OF
FIGHTING BETWEEN THE ARMY AND MEMBERS OF THE POPULAR
REVOLUTIONARY ARMY (E-P-R) THIS YEAR. MORE FROM JAMES BLEARS IN
MEXICO CITY.
TEXT: MEXICO'S DEFENSE MINISTRY SAYS SUNDAY'S CLASH OCCURRED WHEN
AN ARMY ANTI-DRUG PATROL IN THE TOWN OF EL CHARCO (-- PART OF THE
MUNICIPALITY OF AYUTLA --) SPOTTED THREE HEAVILY-ARMED MEN IN
COMBAT UNIFORMS. THE TRIO, WHO REFUSED TO SURRENDER, OPENED FIRE
ON THE TROOPS AND RETREATED INTO A SCHOOLHOUSE WHICH CONTAINED
OTHER GUERRILLAS.
THE COMMUNIQUE SAID NO SOLDIERS WERE WOUNDED IN THE ENSUING
GUNBATTLE. IT SAID SOLDIERS SEIZED 14 AK-47 ASSAULT RIFLES AND A
NINE-MILLIMETER PISTOL.
THE POPULAR REVOLUTIONARY ARMY, WHICH IS NOT LINKED TO THE MORE
FAMOUS CHIAPAS-BASED ZAPATISTA GUERRILLA GROUP, FIRST APPEARED IN
JUNE OF 1996. THE GUERRILLAS SAY THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR
POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR MEXICO'S POOR.
(SIGNED)
NEB/JB/WFR/WTW
08-Jun-98 2:37 AM EDT (0637 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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