The Community Front in Defense of Land (in
Spanish
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: ''Frente del Pueblo en Defensa de La Tierra'', FPDT) was formed in 2002, by residents of
San Salvador Atenco
San Salvador Atenco is the municipal seat of Atenco, in the Mexican state of Mexico. The name "Atenco" comes from a Nahuatl phrase meaning "place on the edge of water".
The town
Fifteen excavations have been done in this area, uncovering mammot ...
, to resist their forced displacement by the
government
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of
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
. The government planned to displace them to make way for a
new Mexico City international airport
Mexico City Texcoco Airport was a planned airport in Mexico City that was meant to become Mexico's New International Airport (Spanish: ''Nuevo Aeropuerto Internacional de México''—NAICM or NAIM). The project was announced in September 2014 but ...
. The people of San Salvador Atenco have risen up against the government from time to time for various reasons, the most common being disputes for land.
The FPDT is known to be allied with the
Zapatista Army of National Liberation
The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (, EZLN), often referred to as the Zapatistas (Mexican ), is a far-left political and militant group that controls a substantial amount of territory in Chiapas, the southernmost state of Mexico.
Sin ...
(EZLN) and with groups such as the FPFV (Francisco Villa Popular Front), through the program called
The Other Campaign
The Other Campaign ( es, La otra campaña) is a political program by the Zapatista Army of National Liberation for the recognition and protection of indigenous rights and autonomy in Mexico.Mora, M. (2007). Zapatista anticapitalist politics and t ...
.
See also
*
2006 civil unrest in San Salvador Atenco
References
External links
Rebellion in San Salvador AtencoZnet - Police Brutality in Mexico
Upside Down World -- Police Brutality in Atenco, Mexico->
Political organizations based in Mexico
State of Mexico
Advocacy groups
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