Survivors of a massacre perpetrated in 1998 in Mexico,...

Survivors of a massacre perpetrated in 1998 in Mexico, who also withstood prison time and torture, say they will not rest until the members of the military they accuse of the crimes are brought to justice. The survivors were accused of opening fire against the soldiers, but were later cleared of the charges by Mexico's justice authorities.
They say the soldiers executed 11 people after attacking the group in 1998 as they slept in a school in the village of El Charco, in the southern state of Guerrero. According to the army's version of the incident, a detachment was sent to El Charco to arrest a group of alleged subversives meeting with the local indigenous population, but the soldiers were fired upon and returned the gunfire until they were able to overtake the assailants.
But the survivors assert that no one in their group had weapons and that they did not resist when the soldiers ordered them to exit the school. On the school patio, without provocation of any sort, the soldiers executed 11 people, injured seven and arrested 22, according to the survivors' testimonies. Most of those sleeping in the school were Indians from the village, but there were also two university students from the capital who were said to be working on a literacy campaign in Guerrero.
The non-governmental Mexican League for the Defence of Human Rights says it should be "difficult" for anyone to believe the army's version of the events, given the number of deaths, the testimonies given and the fact that evidence at the site was altered. All of this indicates that the soldiers are guilty, says a report by the League.