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While the Las Abejas activists professed support for the goals of the Zapatistas , they renounced their violent means. Many suspect this affiliation as the reason for the attack, and government involvement or complicity. Soldiers at a nearby military outpost didn't intervene during the attack, which lasted for hours, and the following morning, soldiers were found washing the church walls to hide the blood stains. The EZLN and many Chiapas residents accused the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) of complicity, and following the change of government in 2000 , survivors alleged that the investigation was being stalled, with authorities refusing to question or arrest suspects in the attacks. Another view holds that nearby indigenous groups from the area may have been responsible. |