1.   The military-backed government claims these village massacres are the last gasp of the most violent fringe of a militant Islamic movement that once sought to topple it.

2.   A campaign of terror aimed at sabotaging the election has moved from village massacres to the capital, where three bombs this week killed nearly two dozen people.

3.   A campaign of terror aimed at sabotaging the vote has moved from village massacres to bombs in the capital.

4.   A Muslim insurgency to win back stolen votes grew into a spiral of violence between militants and security forces, now marked by village massacres and indiscriminate bombings.

5.   Bombs in markets by day, village massacres by night.

6.   Car bombings and village massacres ebbed.

7.   It was part of a fresh spiral of violence marked by village massacres and bombings.

8.   Questions had been raised in the past about village massacres that occurred near police and army posts.

9.   Recent village massacres have occurred in the area.

10.   The federal government and Zapatista rebel supporters are waging a public relations battle in the aftermath of the recent village massacre.