Mexico’s Zapatista indigenous rebel group announced that it is extending its control over so-called “autonomous” zones to 11 more areas in the southern state of Chiapas.
The Zapatistas do not hide their dislike of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, but when he was asked about the announcement Monday, López Obrador said the expansion was “welcome.”
“Go ahead, because that means working to benefit the villages and the people,” López Obrador said. “The only thing we don’t want is violence.”
A statement signed by Zapatista “subcommander” Moises and posted over the weekend called it . . .
