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About Javier Elorriaga
- Javier Elorriaga Berdeque (born 13 May 1961) is a Mexican journalist who was alleged to have joined the EZLN (Zapatista) revolutionary movement in Chiapas, Mexico, in the 1980s, taking the nom de guerre Vicente.
- He is married to Maria Gloria Benavides Guevara.In 1995 Elorriaga's detention was ordered by President Ernesto Zedillo on the grounds that the EZLN was planning violence, and he was captured on 9 February, following which he was sentenced on 2 May 1996 to 13 years imprisonment for terrorism, rebellion and conspiracy.
- Ellorriaga claimed that he was not a member of the Zapatistas but had been acting as a go-between for the government and the movement.
- This led to the Zapatistas withdrawing from negotiations with the Mexican government until the release of the two convicted men on June 7.
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