TO GO WITH RIGHTS MEXICO MILITARY, 2003-10-21 (photo)

Mexican Tlapaneca Indians Ines Fernandez (L) holds her newborn son while talking with Reuters in her home in Ayutla in rural Guerrero state, along with her husband farmer Fortunato Prisciliano (C), daughter Nelida and translator Andrea Manuel (R), who is from a nearby village. October 21, 2003. Mexican peasants tell of daily harassment and frequent brutality at the hands of military troops patrolling the countryside for drugs and arms trafficking. Fernandez says several soldiers came to her house last year, raped her and stole some meat. The army's role as a police force is growing, at a cost to human rights, experts say. REUTERS/Henry Romero. TO GO WITH RIGHTS MEXICO MILITARY HR