The delegation observed a large armed encampment of the Mexican Army at Amador Hernandez. The camp is circled entirely by barbed wire and troops inside the encampment are dressed in either riot control or combat uniforms. Immediately outside the barbed wire, the indigenous people showed the delegation where a series of 36 dangerous pit-fall traps had been created and concealed. While in the area of the military encampment, the members of the delegation were constantly photographed and videotaped by military personnel, continuing a pattern of government harassment which the delegation experienced in most areas where they traveled.

Adjacent to the encampment is a large helicopter pad, from which the Army frequently dispatched large, American built helicopters to fly low over the protesters and surrounding area.

Although the military would not speak to the delegation, referring them instead to representatives at military headquarters in Tuxtla Gutierrez, eventually a Chiapas state official who identified himself as a "political operative" named Ivan Camacho did speak with the group. Although Camacho declined to answer a number of questions, he did say that he would be willing to speak with other groups of international observers if and when they arrive at Amador Hernandez in the future.

Camacho also explained that the reason that the Army is present in Amador Hernandez is because they were requested there by the Municipal President of Ocosingo and promised to produce a letter to that effect and to send it to the Global Exchange Office in San Cristobal. Camacho's statement seemed to be at odds with previous government pronouncements to the affect that the road builders had requested the protection. This raises the obvious question of which version is correct. Also, depending on the answer, further questions arise as to whether the proper authorities and procedures were involved in dispatching troops to Amador Hernandez in the first place.