the protest in chiapas known as the zapatista rebellion
Zapatista Army of National Liberation
Arrest - warrants were made for Marcos , Javier Elorriaga Berdegue , Silvia Fernández Hernández , Jorge Santiago , Fernando Yanez , German Vicente , Jorge Santiago and other Zapatistas . At that point , in the Lacandon Jungle , the Zapatista Army of National Liberation was under military siege by the Mexican Army . Javier Elorriaga was captured on February 9 , 1995 , by forces from a military garrison at Gabina Velázquez in the town of Las Margaritas , and was later taken to the Cerro Hueco prison in Tuxtla Gutiérrez , Chiapas . On February 11 , 1995 , the PGR informed the country that the government had implemented an operation in the State of México , where they had captured 14 people presumed to be involved with the Zapatistas , of which eight had already being turned over to the judicial authorities . They had also seized an important arsenal , the PGR stated . The PGR 's repressive acts reached the point of threatening the San Cristóbal de Las Casas ' Catholic Bishop , Samuel Ruiz García , with arrest , for allegedly aiding to conceal the Zapatistas ' guerrilla uprising , even though their activities were reported years before the uprising in what is considered one of Mexico 's most important magazines , Proceso , which the Mexican Government had tried to cover it up . This dealt a serious blow to the recently restored Mexico - Vatican diplomatic relationship , taking account the May 24 , 1993 political assassination of a Prince of the Catholic Church , the Guadalajara Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo , that the PGR has left unresolved to this day .
Arrest - warrants were made for Marcos , Javier Elorriaga Berdegue , Silvia Fernández Hernández , Jorge Santiago , Fernando Yanez , German Vicente , Jorge Santiago and other Zapatistas . At that point , in the Lacandon Jungle , the Zapatista Army of National Liberation was under military siege by the Mexican Army . Javier Elorriaga was captured on February 9 , 1995 , by forces from a military garrison at Gabina Velázquez in the town of Las Margaritas , and was later taken to the Cerro Hueco prison in Tuxtla Gutiérrez , Chiapas . On February 11 , 1995 , the PGR informed the country that the government had implemented an operation in the State of México , where they had captured 14 people presumed to be involved with the Zapatistas , of which eight had already being turned over to the judicial authorities . They had also seized an important arsenal , the PGR stated . The PGR 's repressive acts reached the point of threatening the San Cristóbal de Las Casas ' Catholic Bishop , Samuel Ruiz García , with arrest , for allegedly aiding to conceal the Zapatistas ' guerrilla uprising , even though their activities were reported years before the uprising in what is considered one of Mexico 's most important magazines , Proceso , which the Mexican Government had tried to cover it up . This dealt a serious blow to the recently restored Mexico - Vatican diplomatic relationship , taking account the May 24 , 1993 political assassination of a Prince of the Catholic Church , the Guadalajara Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo , that the PGR has left unresolved to this day .