Among their first military ventures was the kidnapping of ex-governor Castellanos Dominguez and the capture of San Cristobal de las Casas. In their Declaration of the Lacandan Jungle they appealed to Article 39 of the 1917 Constitution which placed sovereignty with the people; they also referred to Salinas de Gortari's presidency as an illegitimate dictatorship. Their bottom- up command structure is headed by the Committee of Clandestine Indigenous Reform but they are often represented by Sub-Commandante Marcos. They first rose to rebellion on January 1st 1994 ostensibly in protest of NAFTA. FTP identify this rebellious peasant group in Chiap
Among their first military ventures was the kidnapping of ex-governor Castellanos Dominguez and the capture of San Cristobal de las Casas. In their Declaration of the Lacandan Jungle they appealed to Article 39 of the 1917 Constitution which placed sovereignty with the people; they also referred to Salinas de Gortari's presidency as an illegitimate dictatorship. Their bottom- up command structure is headed by the Committee of Clandestine Indigenous Reform but they are often represented by Sub-Commandante Marcos. They first rose to rebellion on January 1st 1994 ostensibly in protest of NAFTA. FTP identify this rebellious peasant group in Chiapas named for an early revolutionary, Emiliano.
Among their first military ventures was the kidnapping of ex-governor Castellanos Dominguez and the capture of San Cristobal de las Casas.