Recuperación de la Presidencia del Autónomo de Andrés Sacamchén 1999

Overview

On April 6, 1999, Chiapas' interim governor, Albores, ordered the state police to dismantle the autonomous Zapatista council of the San Andrés Sacamchén Municipality, which he had governed since 1995. Army troops and public security forces occupied the council headquarters and installed a PRI mayor. The following day, more than 3,000 indigenous peasants marched on the town of San Andrés, peacefully recaptured the government headquarters, and reinstated the elected officials. The Mexican army and