Popular Revolutionary Army
Far-left Mexican Maoist guerilla movement / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Popular Revolutionary Army or Ejercito Popular Revolucionario is a leftist guerrilla movement in Mexico. Though it operates mainly in the state of Guerrero, it has conducted operations in other southern-Mexico states, including Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guanajuato, Tlaxcala and Veracruz.
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Leaders | Edmundo Reyes (alleged) |
Dates of operation | 1996–present |
Active regions | Guerrero Oaxaca Chiapas Guanajuato Tlaxcala Veracruz (all Mexico) |
Ideology | Maoism Revolutionary socialism |
Political position | Far-left |
Size | 200–2,000 |
Allies | Zapatista Army of National Liberation (denied by EZLN) |
Opponents | Mexico Gulf Cartel Sinaloa Cartel Los Zetas Jalisco New Generation Cartel Juárez Cartel |
Battles and wars | Guerrero, Chiapas conflict and Mexican drug war |
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The EPR announced its existence on June 28, 1996, at the commemoration of the Aguas Blancas massacre one year earlier. Dozens of rebels, carrying AK-47 and AR-15 rifles, declared war against the Mexican government and read aloud the "Aguas Blancas Manifesto", as well as firing 17 shots into the air to pay respect to the 17 who died in the massacre.