The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN), often referred to as the Zapatistas, is a socialist political and militant group^[ that controls large amounts of territory in Chiapas, the southernmost state of Mexico.

Since 1994, the group has been at war with the Mexican state.^] In recent years, the EZLN has focused on a strategy of civil resistance