1.   But officials had also accused the union of providing funds and other support to peasant rebels in the southern state of Chiapas.

2.   His life most clearly resembles that of obscure Colombian peasant rebels who now are dead, a few from natural causes, most from years of combat.

3.   Peasant rebels in southern Chiapas State threatened new fighting if the election was not clean.

4.   The morning that the agreement took effect, however, peasant rebels rose up against the government in the southern state of Chiapas.

5.   Thousands of peasant rebels wait armed in the southern state of Chiapas to renew talks with the government.

6.   Tuesday, the peasant rebels and their sympathizers in Chiapas again expanded the area of conflict, taking over three town halls and blocking major highways.

7.   PRI hard-liners in the southern state of Chiapas have demanded tougher action against the peasant rebels and dissidents there who claim the PRI stole the August state election.