The Popular Revolutionary Army or Ejército Popular Revolucionario is a leftist guerrilla movement in Mexico. Though it operates mainly in the state of Guerrero, it has also conducted operations in Oaxaca, Chiapas, and other states.
Unlike their fellow Mexican guerrillas in the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, the Popular Revolutionary Army has a fairly orthodox Marxist ideology, and advocates socialist revolution.
The Popular Revoltionary Army has founded a militarized political party, the Popular Revolutionary Democratic Party , or Partido Democratico Popular Revolucionario. The group often signs its communiqués "PDPR-ERP," combining the Spanish initials of the army and the party. However, the Popular Revolutionary Democratic Party does not function in the political world independent of the Popular Revolutionary Army; the party does not appear on ballots in Mexican elections.
The Mexican Government considers the group to be a terrorist organization.
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