Mexican insurgents try out new tactics

Mexico’s Popular Revolutionary Army (EPR) was an afterthought until it claimed responsibility for the two July bomb attacks on the oil and gas infrastructure in the central Mexican states of Guanajuato and Queretaro.

The attacks attracted national and international media attention, forced the Mexican government to admit they had no idea it was coming, and have led many to believe the EPR will strike again. In short, the bombings were a success.


Across the country, Mexicans have lived with violence associated with organized crime and the drug trade. Now a separate organization threatens economic security and Mexican President Felipe Calderon has found himself fighting two enemies, each with distinct motives. Combined, they create a serious security situation that Mexico’s police and military forces will find difficult to contain.

In a series of threats since the second bombing on 10 July, the EPR has vowed continue to target national and international organizations until either the national government or the government in Oaxaca prove that Edmundo Reyes Amaya and Gabriel Alberto Cruz Sanchez, aka Raymundo Rivera Bravo, are still alive. The Mexican government claims it has no knowledge of these men.

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