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SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS (MEXICO), 10/05/2010 (La Jornada, EFE / ProtestanteDigital)
 Nine Indians were wounded, two of them seriously, on 7 May in a firefight against a group of 200 Catholics in the San Gregorio, in the Highlands of Chiapas, southeastern Mexico, when they tried to leave without water to five Evangelical families as punishment for his lack of cooperation in the Catholic parties. The family explained that in the village in the municipality of Huixtán, there was a confrontation last Friday evening May 7 after the Catholic evangelicals berates failure to cooperate economically to a Catholic festival.
The incident occurred at 18:00 or so, when a group of about 200 Catholics tried to cut off water service to three Protestant families in retaliation for refusing to cooperate with 30 pesos for the celebration of the Feast of the Holy Cross on 3 May.
According to local sources the decision to suspend water service as punishment was made at a meeting held in the same San Gregorio at 14 pm and from which several evangelicals who fled because they had attended Catholic group tried to arrest them.
Then the crowd of 200 people went to the house of the Protestant Miguel Pérez Gómez to cut off the water. When they were looking where to cut the water "began to shoot several masked men from a cornfield located 30 meters," where police collected more than 20 rounds of various caliber casings
Pedro injured Moshe, Miguel Huet, Pedro Culej, Sebastian Bolom, Guillermo Bolom, Miguel Bolom, Manuel Ara, Manuel Javier Moshe and Moshe. The last two were taken to Tuxtla Gutierrez due to gravity.
Four wives of evangelical and four children before the aggression that had traveled to the neighboring community of Puerto Rico were rescued by personnel from the Indian Office when the Catholics of San Gregorio wanted to take justice into their own hands.
Meanwhile, official sources reported that state police arrested the evangelical Baptist and Pedro Pedro Ara Ara Perez, allegedly involved in the incident.
CONTA PERSECUTION Evangelicals
Religious conflict in the village of San Gregorio was exacerbated last year when three Protestant families were expelled for refusing to cooperate with the Catholic celebrations. One issue that is not economic for indigenous evangelical, but freedom of conscience, they do not believe right to cooperate with celebrations that go against their faith, both for the worship of images as by the widespread and excessive use of alcohol occurs in the celebrations.
CHANGE OF ATTITUDE
Until now the evangelicals suffering the insults, attacks and expulsion from their land. But this situation is an escalation of violence, even in self-defense, which until now had not been produced. An evangelical leader who requested anonymity said the protesters "are tired of so much aggression on the part of Catholics, and had to answer, there is no other way out." He did not know if the side of the evangelicals was injured.
For four months one hundred evangelical conflicts facing various communities hold a camp before the prosecution of justice in Mexico City to demand respect for freedom of worship. Catholic and civil authorities is maintained regardless of the situation, unless asking for statements and actions timid peace.
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Nine Indians were wounded, two of them seriously, on 7 May in a firefight against a group of 200 Catholics in the San Gregorio, in the Highlands of Chiapas, southeastern Mexico, when they tried to leave without water to five Evangelical families as punishment for his lack of cooperation in the Catholic parties. 
