Ejército Popular Revolucionario
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Ejército Popular Revolucionario |
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 Flag of the EPR |
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| Lineup | June 28, 1996 |
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 Mexico
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| Type | guerrilla |
| Anniversaries | June 28th |
| commander | |
| Important commanders |
Comandante Francisco |
Ejército Popular Revolucionario ( EPR , German Revolutionary People's Army ) is a guerrilla organization in Mexico . Your political arm is the PDPR (Partido Democrático Popular Revolucionario) , German: Democratic Revolutionary People's Party . The EPR originally developed its activities in the Mexican states of Guerrero and Michoacán , but shortly after the presidential elections in Mexico in 2006 it also became active in the capital of the country and in other areas. The ERP appeared in public for the first time on June 28, 1996 at a commemoration ceremony for the murder of 17 farm workers by police forces. According to Mexican authorities, the ERP was recruited from remnants of the Party of the Poor .
ideology
The PDPR-EPR advocates an extensive socialist political-economic program, with which a development towards communism should be initiated. She advocates the nationalization of banks and mass media such as Televisa and TV Azteca . In her political program she insists on the national sovereignty of Mexico against US imperialism and the non-recognition of foreign debt . In their social program, special attention is given to the rural working communities and indigenous peoples of Mexico.
In order to achieve these goals, the PDPR explicitly declares itself in favor of “armed self-defense” in response to the “low intensity war” of the corrupt authorities.
activities
Even if the EPR was active in many Mexican states, its area of activity is essentially in Guerrero, Oaxaca and Chiapas .
Their first public appearance took place on June 28, 1996 during a memorial service for the massacre of Aguas Blancas . Exactly one year earlier, on the orders of Governor Rubén Figueroa Alcocer, 17 farm workers had been murdered by police forces in the vado de Aguas Blancas . The murdered belonged to the Campesina de la Sierra Sur (OCSS) agricultural workers' organization . 70 to 100 rebels armed with rifles occupied the central stage of the memorial event, declared war on the Mexican government and read the "Aguas Blancas Manifesto". They honored the 17 killed in the massacre with 17 shots in the air.
On November 6, 2006, three explosive devices exploded at dawn in Mexico City . The explosions occurred at PRI facilities , and a bank branch was also damaged. There was only material damage. The act was attributed to the EPR by the Felipe Calderón government .
Between July 5 and 10, 2007, there were several attacks on facilities of the state oil company PEMEX , for which the EPR took responsibility in a communiqué. Two gas pipelines and one oil pipeline were damaged in the northern states of Guanajuato and Querétaro . The letter of confession called for a lively presentation of two of its members, who were arrested in Oaxaca on May 25 and have since disappeared .
On July 11, 2007, several Internet sites that broadcast EPR and PDPR news were shut down.
On September 10, 2007, there were again explosions on Pemex gas pipelines in various Mexican states, which were attributed to the EPR. The explosions took place simultaneously at 2:00 a.m. The motive attributed to the attacks is the EPR's request to the Mexican government to return alive two comrades whom the EPR suspects are in secret Mexican prisons.
cleavage
On January 8, 1998, the EPR split. A part of the members resigned from the EPR and formed a new group under the name Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo Insurgente (ERPI), in German: "Revolutionary Insurgent People's Army". The reasons given for the split were: the small increase in members, the pronounced centralized and bureaucratic structure of the EPR, and the dehumanization of certain procedures.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Programa político del PDPR ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Página del EPR-PDPR ( Memento of the original of July 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ John Ross: A New Guerrilla Army in Mexico - Guerrero at War. (No longer available online.) In: ZAPAPRES. July 1996, archived from the original on November 10, 2004 ; Retrieved February 21, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ La Jornada: 6 de noviembre de 2006
- ↑ VivirMéxico , 6 de noviembre de 2006 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ralf Streck: "Revolutionary People's Army" reports back in Mexico with attacks. In: Telepolis. July 13, 2007, accessed February 21, 2010 .
- ↑ Milenio , 11 de septiembre de 2007 ( Memento of the original from September 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Origen del ERPI. In: ERPI July 30, 2009, accessed February 21, 2010 (Spanish).
literature
- Castellanos, Laura (2007). México armado 1943–1981 . México DF: Ediciones Era, 2007. ISBN 978-968-411-695-5
Web links
- Noticias actuales de acciones del EPR
- Comunicado del EPR del 10 de julio de 2007 publicado por El Universal
- A New Guerrilla Army in Mexico - Guerrero at War , John Ross, Global Exchange, July 1996