Police launch dawn raid to dismantle rebel government.
The troops were accompanied by two busloads of women, part of a new force trained to confront women villagers who previously attacked army troops with sticks and stones. The women police fired tear gas, then threw the indigenous women to the ground and held them in choke holds, as male police attacked the occupants of the rebel council headquarters. We are here to make sure there is no more conflict. Amparo Agua Tinta is a small impoverished Mexican border village, where Guatemalans and Mexicans live side by side, eking out a living from meagre cornfields. The marked houses were untouched by the police, who stole work tools from other homes.