Ejército Popular Revolucionario, the little-known group that's blowing up Mexican natural gas pipelines

mcclatchy has an interesting report on the group claiming responsibility for the bombings of the mexican natural gas pipelines on july 5 and july 10...

When saboteurs blew up several natural gas pipelines in central Mexico this month, temporarily shutting down production for U.S. automakers and other important manufacturers, a small and shadowy Marxist guerrilla group called the Popular Revolutionary Army reportedly claimed responsibility.

[...]

General Motors and Nissan are said to have lost millions of dollars in production at their plants in the region.

[...]

The Mexican government hasn't officially blamed the Popular Revolutionary Army, which is known by its Spanish-language acronym EPR, although major Mexican newspapers reported that the group has claimed responsibility and has demanded the return of two colleagues imprisoned or missing in the southern state of Oaxaca.

the website of the PDPR-EPR (Partido Democrático Popular Revolucionario - Popular Democratic Revolutionary Party - and the Ejército Popular Revolucionario - Popular Revolutionary Army)...



is anybody else but me reminded of the ezln...?

Submit To Propeller
Tweet