11.   Peasants from the disputed property had organized the ambush to rescue their companions, peasant leader Jose Manuel de la Torre said.

12.   Peasant leader Rafael Mariano condemned their arrest and said many of his companions were kicked and punched while being led out of the senate building.

13.   Peasant leaders were meeting Friday to discuss the situation after breaking coalition talks Wednesday on the reconstruction of the government, due to undergo an overhaul since October.

14.   Peasant party leaders criticized the president Wednesday for postponing municipal elections until after administrative reforms have been adopted, and urged a referendum on the reform.

15.   A cultural center where the government is negotiating with peasant leaders was among the buildings attacked.

16.   A peasant leader and award-winning environmentalist was convicted on drug and weapons charges Monday and sentenced to six years in prison.

17.   But he still was more palatable than the government of peasant leader Waldemar Pawlak, who Walesa forced out in February.

18.   Critics also accuse police of beating one of the priests and the two peasant leaders, and holding all four men incommunicado for two days before filing charges.

19.   Jeronimo Hernandez Lopez and Jose Luis Gonzalo Rosas Morales were arrested Saturday along with two peasant leaders.

20.   Jeronimo Hernandez Lopez and Jose Luis Gonzalo Rosas were arrested Saturday along with two peasant leaders in the southern state of Chiapas.