Mexico's Zapatista indigenous rebel group has announced that it is extending its control over so-called "autonomous" zones to 11 more areas in the southern state of Chiapas.
Some are on land the Zapatistas seized after they staged a brief armed uprising in 1994 to demand greater rights for the indigenous. But at least one of new rebel "autonomous" towns is located in the ecologically sensitive Lacandn jungle, a nature reserve.
A statement signed by Zapatista "subcommander" Moises and posted over the weekend called it an "exponential growth that allows us to break the blockade again."
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