s and the EZLN have denied this. Major Ana Mari'a was the commander of the operation for taking the municipal palace of San Cristo'bal for the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN). She was 25 years old when she joined the Zapatista Army and saw almost the whole process of how it moved forward. She was one of the first women who was part of the ranks of the Army and has risen to hold the highest rank of any woman in the EZLN. (Gabriel) This revolt affects the current exchange rate due to the uncertainty surrounding this uprising. Many valuable resources can be found in the Chiapas region, such as timber, coffee and oil. Many foreign industries have reduced or canceled work in the region for fear of being caught between the EZLN and government troops. There is much more fighting taking place than most American newspapers report. With businesses reducing their spending in Mexico, the inflow of U.S. dollars is reduced which increases the demand for the dollar in Mexico. This causes the dollar to strengthen against the peso. B. The Colosio Assassination On March 23, 1994, during the Mexican presidential campaign, the PRI's candidate Donaldo Luis Colosio Murrieta, was assassinated while campaigning in Tijuana, Baja California. Unnamed U.S. intelligence officials have stated that former Mexican police commander Fernando de la Sota Rodalleguez, charged in connection with the assassination, was a paid informant for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in Mexico City from 1990 to 1992. De la Sota began his police career in 1973 working for Mexico's Federal Security Directorate, and by 1992 he had become investigations department commander for the federal attorney general's office. He was fired that year on suspicion of taking bribes from alleged drug lord Rafael Aguilar Guajardo and the CIA dropped him soon after. De la Sota was working as the head of the pr...
