Government supporters are being whipped up into a frenzy against the Enemies of the Chiapan People. The PRI leaders' speeches have a faintly Yugoslavian flavour about them. Nobody knows how far this will go. Demonstrations against the escalation of the conflict occur in the towns of San Cristo'bal, Ocosingo and Altamirano. In the latter two smaller towns the protests turn into a party, walls are painted and loud music is played.
Nothing appears in the official media, but the point has been made.
The only enemy of the people is in the governor's office. Ofelia Medina sips coffee in an open-air cafe' opposite the town hall in San Cristobal, calmly waiting for her ultimatum to elapse. Six o'clock comes and goes, the actress strolls nonchalantly around the park, and returns to Mexico City in her own time. The mayor's bluff has been called. The PRI only managed to win the 1994 state elections by means of massive fraud and vote-buying, against a relatively inexperienced opposition candidate, so Salazar is a threat they are taking very seriously.