21. Later Thursday, the president was meeting another government coalition leader, Tadeusz Syryjczyk of Freedom Union, as well as peasant leader Janusz Dobrosz. 22. Order was restored after the peasant leader was released and Zhuhai authorities ordered an investigation into the trouble, they added. 23. Peasant leader Felipe Quispe, however, warned his sector will remain on alert to make sure the government keeps its promises. 24. Peasant leaders complain that the government has failed to create markets for their new crops. 25. Rural workers say local ranchers and authorities planned the killings and that police targeted peasant leaders during the shooting. 26. Serrano said the governor promised to free the peasant leader, jailed in a land dispute, by Tuesday evening. 27. She also accused the government of detaining other peasant leaders in Guerrero and neighboring Oaxaca states to silence legal opposition groups under the guise of neutralizing the rebel group. 28. The government says the peasants provoked the state troopers, but rural workers say local ranchers and authorities premeditated the killings and that police targeted peasant leaders. 29. The Landless Peasants Movement claims police had a list of peasant leaders and targeted them during the shooting. 30. The uprising began after Herberstorff forced peasant leaders to cast the dice for their lives and executed those who lost. |