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Former Zapatistas, Invisible Veterans of Zapatistas, Break Three Decades of Silence

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A group of ex-combatants and founders of the Zapatista National Liberation Army spoke publicly for the first time. They continue to raise their principles and struggle, but they ask the Mexican state to recognize them as ex-combatants, a demand that puts them off the Zapatista road of not asking the government for anything Text and photos: Ángeles Mariscal / Chiapas Paralelo SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, CHIAPAS.—There are just over a dozen indige…
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A group of ex-combatants and founders of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) spoke publicly for the first time. They continue to raise their principles and struggle, but they ask the Mexican state to recognize them as ex-combatants, a demand that puts them off the Zapatista road of not asking the government for anything. There are just over a dozen indigenous women and men—tsotsiles, ch’oles, tseltales, tojolabales—between 50 and 60 ye…

A group of ex-combatants and founders of the Zapatista National Liberation Army spoke publicly for the first time. They continue to raise their principles and struggle, but they ask the Mexican state to recognize them as ex-combatants, a demand that puts them off the Zapatista road of not asking the government for anything Text and photos: Ángeles Mariscal / Chiapas Paralelo SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, CHIAPAS.—There are just over a dozen indige…

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Pie de Página broke the news on Sunday, August 16, 2026.
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