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Tyler Courier-Times FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1 0, 1 995 Sec. 2 Mexico's Zedillo Orders Arrest Of Subcomandante Marcos, Others i pea MEXICO CITY (AP) Govern- Government and rebel soldiers were troops -reportedly -headed digging trenches and strengthening ujwara rerjei lermory loaay, nours positions, after President Ernesto Zedillo "The war is at the point of starting the Zapatistas "were preparing new and greater acts of violence, not only in Chiapas, but in others places in the country," Zedillo said. The Zapatistas launched their rebellion to demand better living conditions and respect for human rights for Mayan-descended Indians in Chiapas and for poor Mexicans rior Minister Esteban Moctezuma as recently as Jan. 15. Details of the talks, held near the guerrillas' stronghold in the Lacondon Jungle, weren't released.

Zedillo said the Zapatistas rejected numerous attempts to reach a peace accord. Instead of trying to make peace, and throwing the economy into chaos. In a nationwide TV address, Zedillo said police had found weapons caches in Mexico City and the Gulf Coast state of Veracruz and plans for "new and greater acts of violence" across Mexico. The president did not offer any evidence of those plans. The caches contained a variety of firearms, ammunition, grenades and explosives, but were not large by military standards.

The main target of the manhunt is Subcomandante Marcos, the charismatic, masked rebel spokesman who became a folk hero of sorts for many in Chiapas, Mexico's poorest state. The usually outspoken rebel leader has not appeared or given statements in recent weeks. Zedillo said Thursday that Marcos and five other rebel leaders had been identified. Arrest warrants were is sued for them and seven others on charges including sedition, treason, terrorism and possessing military' weapons banned for civilian use. Attorney General Jose Antonio Lo-ano Gracias said a female rebel chief called Subcomandante Elisa was arrested Thursday in Mexico City, and seven people accused of conspiring with the rebels were arrested in Veracruz.

The Jan. 1994, uprising by impoverished Indian peasants embarrassed the government the same day that Mexico, Canada and the United States launched the North American Free Trade Agreement. At least 145 people were killed in the uprising before a cease-fire ended 12 days of fighting. Several attempts at negotiating peace with the rebels have floundered, but the cease-fire has remained in effect. Under the cease-fire, the government hasn't tried to capture Marcos, accused guerrilla leaders of plotting attacks across Mexico and ordered their arrest.

Zedillo has beeru-urider pressure from Mexicans and investors to end, the smoldering, year-old peasant rebellion in the southern state of Chiapas that helped cause chaos in the stock market and sent the peso plunging. His surprise announcement Thursday was a reversal of the governments policy of trying to make peace with the Zapatista National Liberation Army by promising to help the poor and clean up Mexican politics. Local residents reported today that troops and tanks were moving through Las Margaritas, one of the last towns before rebel territory. up again, said ather Fablo Komo, director of the Fray Bartolome de las Casas Human Rights Center. The center, in the town of San Cristobal de las Casas, is a respected church-based operation with a history of concern over abuses of the rights of the indigenous poor.

Romo said he received telephone calls describing the troop movements. In Chiapas, at least 200 to 250 soldiers, accompanied by an armored vehicle with a 90 mm gun, guarded the village of San Andres Larrainzar Thursday night. Zedillo, in office since Dec. 1, has been under intense pressure to reassure investors about Mexico's stability especially after a currency crisis erupted in mid-December, slashing the peso's value by 40 percent Long-Mysterious Marcos Unmasked By Government Martin Houses! Bluebird Houses! Center Chemical is The Place In East Texas For Wild Bird Supplies Aluminum Martin Houses Redwood Martin Houses Bluebird Houses Mounting Poles Squirrel Baffles Bluebird Feeders Bluebird Food Bird Houses And Feeders Make Great Gifts! Center Chemical On The South Loop in Tyler Across From K-Mart 593-1604 Mon. -Sat.

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Others thought he was a doctor. But bits of information began trickling out late Thursday night after President Ernesto Zedillo announced a manhunt for Marcos, spokesman for the rebel Zapatista National Liberation Army. Zedillo identified Marcos as Rafael Sebastian Guillen Vicente. With his greenish-hazel eyes peering out from behind a black ski mask and his trademark pipe, the rebel leader had emerged as a romantic, mysterious figure, as quick to quote an obscure Spanish poet as crack a joke about Mexico's ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party. He developed a small but faithful national following, particularly among university students.

As the word got out thafthe government issued a warrant for their hero's arrest, scores of young people began congregating around the independence Monument in Mexico City, commonly known as the Angel. "Marcos, our they chanted. "We will alwaysbe with you!" Black and white photographs of Guillen Vicente that the Attorney General's Office displayed to journalists late Thursday showed a smiling, bearded man in military fatigues without a mask. He was in an outdoor setting with his arm around a woman in similar clothing. The Attorney General's office said Guillen Vicente was born in the northern city of Tampico, Tamauli-pas and is now 37.

As a boy, he studied at the Cultural Institute of Tampico, which is run by Jesuits. As a young man, he attended the Jesuit-run Technological Institute of Advanced Studies of the West in Guadalajara, where he majored in communications and media. He went on to get a master's degree in philosophy and letters from the National Autonomous University in Mexico City, the Attorney General's office said. His thesis, presented Nov. 28, 1980 and titled ''Discursive practices and ideological practices, received an honor from the faculty.

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