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MEXICO: ZAPATISTA REBEL LEADER RAMONA RECEIVES KIDNEY TRANSPLANT

(17 Dec 1996) Spanish/Nat A prominent Mexican Zapatista rebel leader has thanked supporters for donating more than 18-thousand dollars to pay for her kidney transplant. Comandante Ramona's brother donated the kidney. The life saving operation took place more than a month after the rebel had controversially travelled to the capital to attend a conference. Wearing the hallmark ski mask of the Zapatistas, Comandante Ramona seemed in good spirits as she faced a small group of photographers and journalists in Mexico City, Monday. The ailing Zapatista leader received a transplant kidney from her brother on November 24, more than a month after she travelled to the capital from the jungles of the southern state of Chiapas. Comandante Ramona arrived in the capital in October 11 to attend a national indigenous peoples' conference. She was the first rebel commander ever to publicly travel to Mexico City after the Zapatista uprising in January 1994. But the visit came only after weeks of wrangling and debate by the government. Officials said such visits would violate a federal amnesty law for the rebels. Speaking in broken Spanish, Ramona thanked supporters for donating more than 18- thousand (US) dollars for her kidney transplant. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) I just want to say that I give many thanks to all the people who helped me so much to get money for my operation. I prayed with many people and I asked God to help me come out well from the surgery. SUPER CAPTION: Comandante Ramona, Zapatista leader Comandante Ramona is a Tzotzil Indian. She was one of the commanders who led the rebels in their uprising two years ago to demand greater autonomy for Mexico's 11 (m) million Indians. The frail woman has become a cult figure among supporters of the Zapatista National Liberation Army. She says she feels well and hopes to be able to pay the remaining hospitalisation and medical costs as soon as possible. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...