GROUP REPORTED IN MEXICO
A group of about 200 guerrilla fighters, led by “Communists," is operating in the mountainous states of Zacatecas and Jalisco in the central part of Mexico, according to the Mexico City daily Excelsior. ~
The report by the rather sensationalistic paper has not yet been confirmed, but Mexico has a long tradition of guerrilla war with many distinguished practitioners of it such as Emiliano Zapata whose example has become part of the common heritage of Latin America,
Such bourgeois figures as Ldzaro Cardenas publicly expressed fear of civil strife in Mexico following the victory of the Cuban revolution, Cdrdenas advocated a policy of concessions to meet the threat. The new president of Mexico, Gustavo Dfaz Ordaz, stands much further to the right, however, and his administration is hewing closer to the brutal line laid down by Washington for its Latin= — American satellites,
The consequence could well be a rise in social tension in
’ Mexico with developments such as have been seen in many other countries in the region south of the United States, including the appearance of guerrilla forces,
“FRESH GUERRILLA