Hermann Bellinghausen, correspondent, La Jornada
Amador Hernandez, Chiapas
November 13, 1999.

There have been no students here for weeks. Nor members of civil society. But there are at least 400 soldiers still dug in tightly, guarding the road they say shall not be built in Amador Hernandez. And there are also still about 200 indigenous, firmly maintaining the line, guarding this place. They travel on foot to come here, through miserable conditions, to rotate the watch.

Today, November 12, they ate tostadas and white rice. On November 13, there will be nothing for them but water and pozol. At least for those who are lucky enough to still have any left..