| Zapatistas' Marcos Urges President to Fulfill Pact with Indigenous Groups Nacha Cattan - Bloomberg News | |
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El subcomandante Marcos at a march in Mexico City (Luis Acosta/AFP)
Subcomandante Marcos, the ski-masked leader of Mexico’s Zapatista rebel movement, urged President Enrique Pena Nieto to fulfill government promises and grant constitutional rights to indigenous groups, Reforma reported.
In a letter made public last night, Marcos asked the president to fulfill agreements signed in 1996 by former President Ernesto Zedillo from Pena Nieto’s party, the Mexico City-based newspaper said.
More than 30,000 members of the Zapatista Army for National Liberation, based in the state of Chiapas, held a silent protest march on Dec. 21, the Mexican newspaper said.
To contact the reporter on this story: Nacha Cattan in Mexico City at ncattan@bloomberg.net.
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Joshua Goodman at jgoodman19@bloomberg.net.
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