Armed struggle against itself: The Mexican guerrilla (1995-2003)

Abstract

The Mexican guerrilla groups that emerged after the 1994 Zapatista uprising have followed a path oscillating between the unity of the initial project—with the formation of the Popular Revolutionary Army (EPR)—and dispersion into multiple acronyms. Other groups proclaiming armed struggle and guerrilla tactics have announced their presence without engaging in military clashes or political activity. The EPR’s armed project initially stood in opposition to the left’s historical disunity, but after four years it fell into the same pattern, completing today’s picture of dispersion.