Frustrated at the success of the caravan's mission, the PRI sympathizers tried to block the road and threw a rock, breaking one of the vehicle's windows. The reports made it sound as though the people were hostile to the caravan. The solidarity movement worldwide needs to continue to expose the U.S. government's role in the Mexican ruling class's war of extermination against the Indigenous population. The war in Chiapas has slipped from the headlines, but this should not be taken as a sign that the struggle is over. In many respects the situation is more grave.
More confrontations are sure to come.
The popular movement in Mexico not only welcomes international observers, but says they are urgently needed to expose the insidious warfare being conducted against them.