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Image source, AFP. Subcomandante Marcos said he no longer spoke on behalf of the Zapatista rebels. Subcomandante Marcos led an armed uprising in Related Topics. Human rights Mexico. To Read the Full Story. Subscribe Sign In. Continue reading your article with a WSJ membership. Resume Subscription We are delighted that you'd like to resume your subscription. UNAM 29 5. Chiapas 57 7.

Guerilla Inception 65 8. The Wilderness Years 76 9. First Contact 82 Promotion and Expansion 88 A Jungle Wedding An Election, Exponential Growth, and a Rift Bust and Boom Fallout Indigenous Indignation The Uprising A Cease-Fire The Cult of Marcos Peace Talks Courting Civil Society The Elections and Their Aftermath Marcos Unmasked and Rafael Revealed Related Coverage.

In , Congress passed legislation to give the indigenous more rights. But the Zapatistas rejected government efforts to appease them and they set up their own autonomous governments in five municipalities in Chiapas known as caracoles, or shells.