However he started a very strong movement which changed life for so many people.
Here's an article which will seem familiar from that time:
MAY 25, 2014 / 11:13 PM / 6 YEARS AGO
Mexican rebel leader Marcos retires, says 'no longer exists'
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Subcommandante Marcos, who led an indigenous uprising in southern Mexico and became one of Latin America’s most iconic revolutionaries, on Sunday said he was stepping down as spokesman for the Zapatista rebels and would disappear.
The ski-masked, pipe-smoking guerrilla leader became an idol of the anti-globalization movement after he led the 1994 Zapatista rebellion in the southern state of Chiapas, but he had avoided public appearances in recent years.
“We have decided that today Marcos no longer exists,” he wrote in a lengthy statement published on the Zapatista website that he said was his last message as the rebel leader.
Marcos denied rumors he had become ill, saying he was making way for a new generation to take over speaking for the rebels, who still hold a handful of communities deep in Chiapas.
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-marcos/mexican-rebel-leader-marcos-retires-says-no-longer-exists-idUSBREA4P01E20140526?feedType=RSS
I didn't hear anything about any illness in the info. I read then, and the tone of the news didn't really seem to point in that direction, although it did seem unexpected. It all seemed natural, as if he had been planning to do it for quite a while, although no doubt a great, great many people didn't want to think of him as "gone." Of course he's not "gone" he's just "gone fishing," officially moving on. It probably was his plan to never make his work a personalized thing, but to be a catalyst for necessary change.
I'm glad you brought it up. It doesn't seem that long since he "disappeared." I've read articles regarding people meeting with and being inspired by Zapatistas over the years. He definitely showed the way, lit the light, and gave people hope.
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