Charges Expire Against Mexican Rebel Leader Known as 'Subcomandante Marcos' The Associated Press
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Mexican Zapatista rebel leader Subcommandante Marcos in Dolores Hidalgo, in Mexico's state of Chiapas (Associated Press)

A federal court has ruled that criminal charges filed against a leader of the Zapatista rebel uprising of 1994 are no longer valid.

The rebel known as "Subcomandante Marcos" was charged 21 years ago with rebellion, terrorism and other crimes.

Mexican law says charges expire when half of the potential prison term for the most serious crime has passed. For Marcos that would have been a 40-year sentence for terrorism, so the charges have expired, the court said in a decision announced Tuesday.

Mexico's government has identified Marcos as Rafael Sebastian Guillen Vicente, but he has never confirmed it. In 2014, Marcos announced he was retiring that nom de guerre and would instead be called "Galeano" in honor of a killed rebel.

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