Mysterious Mexican group makes online threats against government

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Movimiento Armado del Norte communiqués signed by alleged Commander Ruben Corona generated considerable buzz on the Internet. Its first communiqué appeared Jan. 1, the 15th anniversary of the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas that took everyone by surprise.
The communiqués rail against foreign investors and government abuses, and its author claims the group will work from within the system to change the government.

"We have to remember most of the Mexican Revolution was carried out in Northern Mexico," said Ray Sadler of Las Cruces, author and expert on Mexico's political history. "The conditions are ripe in Mexico for an armed movement, given the current instability. But, it would take a lot more resources to carry out something like this today than it did during the (1910) revolution."

Sadler said only the drug cartels possess these kinds of resources, including weapons, to sustain an armed insurrection. The sphere of influence the alleged movement claims for itself also happens to be the territory drug dealers are competing to control.

"It could be a guy on a computer writing this stuff, or it could any number of things, and, yes, it could even be drug dealers trying to divert the Mexican army's attention away from themselves," Sadler said.

http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_11717320

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1. Edit: I found it, posted below.

Here's the article, from the El Paso Times: http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_11717320

On a personal note, this, if true, is scary shit. I'm happy I'm getting out of Mexico soon (2.5 weeks and counting). I love Mexico, I love the people here, who put up with my puzzled looks and constant questions. But the insecurity that hangs over the place is unnerving.

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2. Sorry wrong link

http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_11717320

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3. Ah, we posted at the same time.

:)

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4. Kick...people may want to look into this.