February 05, 2003
NY Times Rancho Es brief

From the New York Times:

World Briefing: Americas

MEXICO: AMERICANS CLOSING GUEST RANCH The American owners of a popular
guest ranch in the southern state of Chiapas said they were closing it to
tourists because of violent intimidation by Zapatista members of a
neighboring community. The owners, Ellen Jones, 55, and Glen Wersch, 49,
are former Peace Corps workers who have operated their Rancho Esmeralda for
eight years. They said that staff members had been assaulted and were the
focus of death threats from the neighboring Zapatistas, who have told the
Americans that the ranch rightfully belongs to them. Tim Weiner (NYT)

Posted by Dave at February 05, 2003 12:31 PM