 The Zapatista Army of National Liberation ("Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional", EZLN) often referred to as the "zapatistas" is a revolutionary leftist group based in Chiapas, the southernmost state of Mexico.Since 1994, the group has been in a declared war "against the Mexican state", though this war has been primarily nonviolent and defensive against military, paramilitary and corporate incursions into Chiapas.Their social base is mostly rural indigenous people, but they have some supporters in urban areas and internationally.