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Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 12:54:19 +0600
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Subject: U.S. lawmakers condemn force in Chiapas (Reuters, 2/14)
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U.S. lawmakers condemn force in Chiapas
Tue, 14 Feb 95 16:00:16 PST
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WASHINGTON (Reuter) - A group of U.S. House members and
Amnesty International USA denounced the Mexican government
Tuesday for its recent use of force against rebels in the state
of Chiapas.
``I am acutely disappointed in President (Ernesto) Zedillo's
decision to drop political initiatives and turn to a military
response,'' Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Cal., said at a news
conference. She was joined by Reps. Robert Torricelli, D-N.J.,
and Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio.
Last Thursday Zedillo ordered the arrest of key rebel
leaders, including the masked Subcommander Marcos, and sent the
military into rebel territory to capture them. The rebels have
been fighting the government for 13 months.
Some 2,500 troops, backed by tanks and armored vehicles,
moved in without resistance as the Zapatistas fled.
But in a quick turnaround, Zedillo Tuesday ordered the
Mexican army to halt its advance in the southern state of
Chiapas and called on Indian rebels to lay down their arms as
the government moved to end the 13-month-old peasant uprising.
Amnesty International USA said it had confirmed reports of
aerial strafing against civilians in three towns during the
offensive. It said the Mexican government had kept outside
observers away.
``Very serious allegations of human rights abuses, including
the bombing of civilian targets, have been made,'' Pelosi said.
The rebels said Sunday the army had bombed two towns and
committed human rights abuses as they moved in, but Zedillo said
the claims were not true.
Separately, another group of U.S. House and Senate members
introduced a resolution requiring the Treasury Department to
make monthly reports on President Clinton's $20 billion debt
relief plan for Mexico.
Clinton announced the debt relief plan Jan. 31 after he
failed to win support in Congress for a broader $40 billion loan
guarantee program to help the ailing Mexican economy. The
smaller plan does not need congressional approval.
The report would include updates on the condition of the
Mexican economy, consultations between the Mexican government,
the U.S. Treasury and the International Monetary Fund and on all
disbursements from the U.S. exchange stabilization fund.
``It is now up to Congress to provide justifiably skeptical
taxpayers with the assurance that our aid dollars are not being
wasted and that the U.S. Treasury gets back every penny it is
owed,'' Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., said in a statement.
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Al D'Amato, R-N.Y., a
co-sponsor of the resolution, said his committee would hold
hearings on the Mexican aid plan. No date was set.
