Terrorism in Mexico


YearNumber of
incidents		DeathsInjuries
2016540
201519910
2014512
2013847110
201216178
2011201
2010500
2009123
2008821104
200710256
20067734
2005120
2004103
2003121
2002000
20017135
2000453
1999102
1998235
19979522947
19967596211
1995296127
1994428832
1993000
1992662
199110130
1990531
1989100
1988320
1987100
1982200
1985100
19844139
1983202
1982310
1981306
1980530
19791050
197830718
1977191115
197620265
197510325
19741620
1973610
1972100
1971000
1970200

Terrorism in Mexico is the phenomenon of organized violence against civilians. It appeared in the 1960s, committed by communist guerrillas. Later attacks were by other political movements.

Far-left groups

From the late 1960s to the 1980s guerrilla movements operated in the country. The worst attacks were the assault of the Madera Cuartel and Tlatelolco Massacre, the starting point for several guerrilla movements, specially in the states of Guerrero and Ciudad de Mexico. Groups included Partido de los Pobres, People's Guerrilla Group, or Liga Comunista 23 de Septiembre. These groups were demolished, amid allegations of extrajudicial executions or forced disappearances.
Eventually in the 1990s the guerrilla activity it would focus in states of Guerrero, Oaxaca and Chiapas this one gaining relevance with the Ejercito Zapatista De Liberacion Nacional

Narcoterrorism

In 2012 United States politician Sue Myrick claimed that mounting evidence of Hezbollah presence in Mexico was ignored by the Department of Homeland Security.
These groups became more visible by 2010, when the Tucson Police Department reported International Terrorism Situational Awareness for Hezbollah in Mexico, noting the arrest of Jameel Nasar in Tijuana. Nasar had tried to form a Hezbollah network in Mexico and South America. A report from the US House Homeland Security Committee Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Management tied Middle East terror organizations with Mexican drug cartels.
Currently the violence related with the drug war represents the conflict of greatest generation of violence in the country, causing some attacks that can be branded as narco-terrorism like 2008 Morelia grenade attacks, 2009 Guanajuato and Hidalgo shootings and the 2011 Monterrey casino attack or the recently Minatitlán shooting.

Anarchist groups

Anarchist groups in México have been on the rise since the beginning of the 2000s, with a large number of attacks to banks, religious centers and government buildings, especially intensifying during the government of Enrique Peña Nieto. Groups like Células Autónomas de Revolución Inmediata-Praxedis G. Guerrero, Célula Insurreccional Mariano Sanchez Añón, Brigada Informal Bruno Filippi, :es:Individualistas Tendiendo a lo Salvaje|Individualistas Tendiendo a lo Salvaje, and others. The most notorious incident with this group was the Monterrey Tech bombing. One of the first important attacks the Brigada de Eco saboteadorxs por la Venganza Nunca Olvidada claimed a blast in a Bancomer branch in the municipality of Coacalco, that do not leave injured
In 2017 the CISEN said that these "direct violent actions" came from groups such as the Earth Liberation Front, the Animal Liberation Front, Celulas Autónomas de Revolución Inmediata-Práxedis Guerrero, Federazione Anarchia Informale and the Conspiracy of Fire Cells. In Mexico City, the Cisen documented the existence of the Campamento Revolución,Bloque Anarko Sur, the Anarko Norte Bloc, the Black Anarchist Bloc, the Chanti Ollín House in Motion, the Magonista Autonomous Collective., the Anarchist Student Coordinator, Cruz Negra Anarchist and the Frente Oriente Okupa Che.