Mexican Insurgent Army

Mexican Insurgent Army
Ejército Insurgente Mexicano
Also known asEIM
FoundersMario Menéndez
Ignacio González Ramírez
Foundation1968
Dissolved1969
CountryMexico
Active regionsLacandon Jungle
IdeologyFoquismo
Political positionFar-left
Sizec.20
Allies Cuba
Opponents Mexican Government

The Mexican Insurgent Army (Spanish: Ejército Insurgente Mexicano, EIM) was a short-lived far-left guerrilla group that operated between 1968 and 1969 in the Lacandon Jungle region of Chiapas, Mexico. It was founded by left-wing newspaper editor Mario Menéndez and Ignacio González Ramírez.

González was responsible for the group’s urban operations and led an affiliated cell known as the Revolutionary Struggle Committee (Spanish: Comité de Lucha Revolucionaria).

Mario Menéndez wrote the left-wing magazine called, Por Que? and Por Eso!