Mexico Presidential Spokesman Confirms: The Drugs Were Not on Zapatista Lands

This just in: The press secretary for Mexican President Vicente Fox, in response to questions from the media, has just confirmed that the recent military raid on marijuana fields in Chiapas did not occur on Zapatista lands:

"The presidential spokesman Ruben Aguilar Valenzuela admitted that there had been an error made by Secretary of State Luis Ernesto Derbez regarding the drug plantations that were found in various areas of the state of Chiapas, which, he clarified, were not inside the Zapatista zone of influence.

See our related story from yesterday, Mexico: The False Narco-Smear Against the Zapatistas, for more details.