Gov. Ulises Ruiz of Oaxaca has called upon Mexican military authorities to investigate a new guerilla group which has announced its existence the in conflicted southern state. In a message posted to the website of the Spain-based Documentation Center for Armed Movements (CDMA [2]), the Popular Revolutionary Brigade of the South (BPRS [3]) announced its existence and support of the demands of Popular People's Assembly of Oaxaca (APPO), a civil coalition demanding the ouster of Gov. Ruiz. The BPRS said that a "decadent political system" is forcing the people to turn to armed struggle, accusing Ruiz of "ignominy and unheard-of barbarity." (ADN Sureste [4], April 26; Xinhua [5], Vanguardia [6], April 25)
See our last posts on Mexico [7], Oaxaca [8] and the guerilla movement [9].
