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29: 401: 341: 335: 226:, saying measures had been taken so that the group would not reach Atoyac and that they would stop them by whatever means necessary. After the massacre he had another conversation with her, saying "They came for war, and war they got. Are we, or are we not the authority?". In spite of his initial defense of the police's actions, Figueroa Alcocer ended up resigning as governor of Guerrero on 12 March 1996. 183:
arrested more than a month before (and who has never appeared since). They were also marching to demand drinking water, schools, hospitals and roads, among other things. According to survivors, they were ambushed by the motorized police and several were shot
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Massacre in Mexico: Killings and Cover up in the State of Guerrero
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One of the results of this incident was the creation of the
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that took place on 28 June 1995, in the municipality of
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Coyuca de BenĂ­tez
Coordinates
17°01â€Č43″N 100°04â€Č43″W / 17.028486°N 100.078488°W / 17.028486; -100.078488
massacre
Coyuca de BenĂ­tez
Guerrero
Mexico
Atoyac de Álvarez
Gilberto Romero VĂĄzquez
peasant
activist
point blank
Popular Revolutionary Army
José Rubén Robles Catalån
Gustavo Olea Godoy
Governor of Guerrero
Rubén Figueroa Alcocer
MarĂ­a de la Luz NĂșñez Ramos
Atoyac de Álvarez
Human rights in Mexico



"La matanza de Aguas Blancas"
the original
"Personajes ilustres: Rubén Figueroa Alcocer"
Massacre in Mexico: Killings and Cover up in the State of Guerrero
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
"Aguas Blancas", Merits Report No. 49/97, Case 11.520

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