Resumo

GALINDO DE PABLO, Adrián. El paramilitarismo en Chiapas: Respuesta del poder contra la sociedad organizada. Polít. cult. [online]. 2015, n.44, pp.189-213. ISSN 0188-7742.

We cannot explain the paramilitaries in Mexico without making an analysis of what happened in the state of Chiapas since the uprising of the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN). It is from this conflict that the paramilitaries becomes a constant in this state, there this phenomenon will have as main objectives combat insurgency unleashed by the EZLN, consolidate terror as a method of social deterrence and control the territories, their resources and all information as possible.

Palavras-chave : paramilitary counter-insurgency; militarization; Chiapas; EZLN.