Nine Zapatista Sympathizers Detained Violently in Mexican State of Morelos teleSUR
go to original January 3, 2016

The nine jailed activists are members of The Other Campaign movement connected to the Zapatista National Liberation Army or EZLN. (AFP)

Nine people with connections to Mexico’s revolutionary Zapatista movement have been detained in the south-central state of Morelos and claim they have been victims of police and military harassment, the Mexican daily La Jornada reported on Sunday.

A group of soldiers and Morelos state police had initially arrested a total of 12 members of The Other Campaign of the Zapatista National Liberation Army or EZLN on Saturday, but three minors have since been released. Nine remain jailed in the Jojutla municipality in the central state of Morelos, just south of Mexico City.

The 12 activists, including the three underage youth, were detained violently, according to La Jornada. The detainees were traveling in a vehicle when soldiers stopped them in the name of conducting a routine search.

According to information from The Other Campaign of the EZLN in Morelos reported for La Jornada, those stopped by the soldiers refused to be arbitrarily searched and called members of their movement for support, while the military officials called in police backup.

Police then detained the activists. Although only three minors have been released, La Jornada reported that it is likely that police do not have grounds to charge the remaining nine detainees with crimes to justify their arrest.

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