Throughout their six day stay in the country, delegation members were subjected to continual harassment and surveillance by various branches of the Mexican government and military. The group was followed, photographed, videotaped, stopped at numerous government checkpoints, and at one point, their baggage was subjected to a forced examination. At one level or another, this pattern of behavior followed the group where ever they went ... including Mexico City, Tuxtla Gutierriez, San Cristobal, Comitan, Amador Hernandez, and Altimirano.

One of the most dramatic examples of this occurred at the small municipal airport in Comitan on September 18th, when the delegation first attempted to fly to Amador Hernandez. As soon as the group arrived at the airport, a cadre of officials from various agencies descended on the group. All except the representatives of the Immigration Service were in civilian clothing. The delegation members were aggressively photographed by several individuals, while at the same time the Immigration officials and representatives from the PGR (equivalent of the US's FBI) interrogated the group leaders and a Mexican human rights attorney who was accompanying the group from the Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights Center.