The AP reported a few days ago that armed about 5,000 armed rebels will be joining the “protesters” in Oaxaca, who have turned the city into a virtual war zone for months. We’ve been watching the situation on and off for months, and this is a worrying development because until now Federal Police could at least contain the “revolutionaries” if not stop the violence all together. The addition of the Zapatistas will change the conflict from a police matter to a “low intensity conflict” and will do much to add to Mexico’s destabilization and the influx of illegal aliens will no doubt increase as people flee the carnage.