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Conflict drives 15,000 from Chamula villages in Mexico
In Chiapas, 15 thousand people flee to makeshift shacks as expulsions target Protestant converts amid clashes over faith and culture. Gov. Gonzalez decries human tragedy while balancing constitutional religious freedom and indigenous rights amid a political struggle.
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San Juan Chamula
Mexico
San Cristobal de Las Casas
Patrocinio Gonzalez
Chiapas State
Institutional Revolutionary Party
Gonzalez
Chamula
Chiapas