Something like Acteal could occur, says letter. Police and military on alert for possible Zapatista attacks.
Government broadcasts warnings by radio.
Angeles Mariscal and Elio Henriquez, correspondents, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas. Because of this situation of social unrest, we agreed that we must urgently solicit the deployment of Public Security Police and military patrols in strategic places. The Attorney General added that the allegations are duly signed by hundreds of inhabitants, who feel threatened because they have received government aid. One thing has already occurred. Several days ago, a clinic in Altamirano was sacked by presumed Zapatistas, so we are going to set up continuous patrols wherever it may be necessary to fend off bloodshed of the sort that occurred in Acteal.