Chiapas: Indigenous Protest Gets Result

Chiapas: Indigenous Protest Gets Result   Government promises to improve conditions in Chiapas jail after prisoners’ hunger strike.   Some 500 mostly indigenous prisoners ended their hunger strike on June 11 after the government promised to improve conditions in a prison near San Cristobal de las Casas in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas.   The mostly Tsotsils and Tseltals prisoners had complained about “degrading” treatment in the facility and the rising threat of violence and extortion...

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