In the early morning of June 10th, the Mexican authorities dismantled the autonomous municipality San Juan de la Libertad (headquarters in the municipal building of El Bosque) in a massive combined military and police operation. Eye witnesses in the community of Chabajeval estimated that over 3,000 members of the Public Security Forces, Judicial Police and Federal Army participated in the operation which provoked violent confrontations with Zapatista supporters and resulted in the deaths of at least 11 indigenous people and one policeman. (View complete story)

The mutilated bodies of eight members of the community who were last seen alive in police custody were returned to the community some days after the attack. These are photos of one of the bodies.