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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
Unai Salanueva Beldarrain committed suicide in Pamplona
1997-02-26
Withdrawal of the Spanish flag and placement of the occupation in the town hall of Barcelona
1997-03-07
American veto to the UN resolution against the construction of a colony in Jerusalem by Israel
1997-04-12
The nine antimilitarists who boycotted the oath of the Spanish flag at the Mungia headquarters
1997-04-20
After 70 weeks the closure was closed against the dispersion of Basque prisoners
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IK placed a bomb against the McDonalds being built in San Juan de Luz
1997-06-28
The body of ‘Che’ Guevara was found in the Bolivian people of Vallegrande
1997-06-30
First participation of a male and female company in Irun's alarm
1997-07-04
The Asturian municipality of Bimenes declared the Asturian as a language co-official
1997-07-16
A court commission saw a pool in the basement of the Intxaurrondo barracks
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
1997-10-17
Thousands of people met at the funeral of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara
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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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2004-12-26
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2004-12-10
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1999-12-23
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1999-12-12
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30
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1994-12-14
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35
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1989-12-30
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1989-12-20
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40
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1984-12-10
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40
years ago
1984-12-09
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40
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1984-12-03
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40
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1984-12-02
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1979-12-15
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50
years ago
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50
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1974-12-22
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50
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1974-12-18
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1974-12-17
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50
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1974-12-11
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55
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FBI killed Fred Hampton, one of the leaders of the Black Panthers
60
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1964-12-24
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60
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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
Nine machines were killed in Catalonia by former civil guards and Francoist soldiers
80
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1944-12-01
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85
years ago
1939-12-29
Feminist psychiatrist and activist Madeleine Pelletier dies
90
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1934-12-27
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100
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1924-12-06
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110
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1914-12-25
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135
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