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This article is about the 1994 revolt in Chiapas, Mexico. For the overarching conflict in Chiapas, see Chiapas conflict. For Emiliano Zapata's faction in the Mexican Revolution, see Liberation Army of the South.
1994 Zapatista uprising
Part of the Chiapas conflict
Reporter photographing a rebel shortly after the uprising.
Date
1–12 January 1994 (1 week and 4 days)
Location
Chiapas, Mexico
Result
Ceasefire between Mexican Military and EZLN
Insurgency contained but unable to be destroyed
Zapatistas granted rights to self-government and autonomy
Founding of Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities.
On 1 January 1994, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) coordinated a 12-day uprising in the state of Chiapas, Mexico in protest of the enactment of the North American Free Trade Agreement.[5] The rebels occupied cities and towns in Chiapas, releasing prisoners and destroying land records. After battles with the Mexican Army and police, a ceasefire was brokered on 12 January. Around 300 people were killed.
The revolt gathered international attention, and 100,000 people protested in Mexico City against the government's repression in Chiapas.[6]
^Raúl Benítez Manaut & Rafael Fernández de Castro (2001). México-Centroamérica: desafios a inicios del siglo XXI. Ciudad de México: Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, pp. 49. ISBN 978-968-6729-02-3.
^"Militarización y guerra sucia en Chiapas". www.solidaritat.ub.edu. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
^Alex Khasnabish (5 May 2005) "Zapatista Uprising (1 January 1994)". Globalization & Autonomy Glossary. McMaster University.
^"UCDP - Uppsala Conflict Data Program". ucdp.uu.se. Retrieved 8 January 2021. See chart "Number of deaths" in 1994
^"Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
^Mentinis, Mihalis (2006). Zapatistas: The Chiapas Revolt and What It Means For Radical Politics. Pluto Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctt18fsbch. ISBN 9780745324869. JSTOR j.ctt18fsbch.
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