This is a list of wars involving the United Mexican States .
Mexico has been involved in numerous different military conflicts over the years, with most being civil/internal wars.
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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Spanish conquest of the Maya
(1511–1697) |
Late Postclassic Maya states | ![]() |
Defeat |
Spanish conquest of Tabasco
(1518–1564) |
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Defeat |
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
(1519–1521) |
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Defeat
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Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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Spanish conquest of the Tarascan empire
(1522–1530) |
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Victory
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Spanish conquest of Chiapas
(c. 1523 – c. 1695) |
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Zoque people
Chiapaneca people Independent Maya, including:
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Victory
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Spanish conquest of Guatemala
(1524–1667) |
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Independent indigenous kingdoms and city-states, including the: | Victory
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Spanish conquest of El Salvador
(1524–1539) |
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Indigenous peoples of El Salvador, including: | Victory |
Spanish conquest of Honduras
(1524– c. 1539) |
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Indigenous peoples of Honduras, including: | Victory |
Expedition to Chesapeake Bay
(1526) |
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Hostile Natives
African rebels Spanish mutineers |
Defeat
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Conquest of Yucatán
(1527–1697) |
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Mayan tribes | Victory
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Narváez expedition
(1527–1536) |
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Tocobaga | Inconclusive
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Yaqui Wars
(1533–1929)
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Stalemate |
Expedition of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
(1535–1554) |
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Pueblo | Stalemate
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Grijalva expedition to the Equatorial Pacific
(1537–1542) |
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Hostile Indigenous peoples
Spanish mutineers |
Inconclusive due to the loss of the ship in New Guinea. |
New Spain Exploration of North America
(1539–1543) |
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Indian auxiliaries
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Northern Utina | Defeat |
Tiguex War
(1540–1541)
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Tiwa Indians | Victory |
Mixtón war
(1540–1542)
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Caxcanes | Victory |
Chichimeca war
(1550–1590)
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Chichimeca Confederation | Defeat |
Guamares Rebellion
(1563–1569) |
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Guamares | Victory |
Spanish assault on French Florida
(1565) |
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Victory |
Spanish conquest of the Philippines
(1565–1575) |
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Rajahnate of Maynila | Victory
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Spanish expeditions to the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
(1567–1606) |
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Hostile inhabitants of Polynesia | Stalemate
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Philippine revolts against Spain
(1567–1872)
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Victory
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Blockade of Cebu
(1568) |
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Victory |
Eighty Years' War, Thirty Years' War
(1568-1648) |
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Defeat
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Castilian War (1578) | ![]()
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Status quo ante bellum
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1582 Cagayan battles
(1582) |
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Victory |
Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)
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Indecisive, Status quo ante bellum
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Acoma War
(1598–1599)
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Acoma Pueblo | Victory |
Spanish-Portuguese conflict on China (1598–1600) | ![]() |
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Defeat
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Acaxee Rebellion
(1601–1607)
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Acaxee Indians | Victory |
Tepehuán Revolt
(1616–1620) |
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Tepehuánes | Victory |
Spanish conquest of Petén
(c. 1618 – c. 1697) |
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Independent Maya, including:
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Victory
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Sacalum Rebellion
(1624) |
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Maya rebel forces lidered by the Batab Ah Kin Pol | Victory |
Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) | ![]()
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Defeat |
Apache Wars
(c. 1641–1924) |
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Apache | Spanish/Mexican victory |
Navajo Wars
(c. 1641–1864)
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Navajo | United States victory
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Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660) | ![]() |
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Defeat |
Tehuantepec Rebellion
(1660–1661) |
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Zapotec peoples | Victory
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Piracy attacks on Lake Nicaragua
(1665–1857) |
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West Indies Pirates | Stalemate
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Chepo expedition
(1679–1681) |
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Defeat.
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Pueblo Revolt
(1680)
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Puebloans | Defeat
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War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1712) | ![]()
Indian Allies: co-belligerent: |
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Indian Allies: co-belligerent: |
Political victory for Spain loyal to Philip
Military victory for Spain loyal to Charles
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Comanche Wars
(1706–1875)
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Defeat |
Pablo Presbere's insurrection
(1709–1710)
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Talamanca | Victory |
Tzeltal Rebellion of 1712
(1712)
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Maya communities | Victory |
War of the Quadruple Alliance
(1718–1720) |
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Defeat
Savoy and Austria swap Sicily for Habsburgs and Sardinia for Savoy. |
Aguayo expedition to Texas
(1720–1722) |
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Victory
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Pericúes Rebellion
(1734–1737) |
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Pericúes | Stalemate
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Pima Revolt
(1751)
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Pima Indians | Victory |
Seven Years' War (1756–1763) | ![]()
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Defeat
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Cisteil Rebellion
(1761) |
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Maya rebel forces lidered by Jacinto Canek | Victory
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Louisiana Rebellion of 1768
(1768) |
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Victory |
American Revolutionary War
(1775–1783) |
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Victory
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Cherokee–American wars
[2nd phase post-revolution] (1783–1795)
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Spanish withdrawal due to Coalition Wars.
Defeat of Cherokees |
Nootka Crisis
(1789–1790) |
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Defeat |
Haitian Revolution
(1791–1804) |
1791–1793
1793–1798
1798–1801 1802–1804 |
1791–1793
1793–1798 1798–1801 |
Defeat |
French Revolutionary Wars
(1792–1802) |
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Inconclussive |
Napoleonic Wars
(1803–1815) |
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Victory
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Anglo-American war
(1812–1814) |
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Inconclusive
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Gutiérrez–Magee Expedition (1812) | ![]() |
Victory | |
Seminole Wars
(1817–18) |
Seminole
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Defeat
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Totonicapán Uprising of 1820
(1820) |
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Victory |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Casualties | |
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Mexican War of Independence (1810–1821) |
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Victory
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+500,000 |
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Long Expedition (1819) |
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Victory
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~5 (1821 expedition) | |
Texas–Indian Wars (1820–1875) |
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Victory |
1,394 | |
Spanish Attempts to Reconquer Mexico (1821–1829) |
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Victory
|
135 | |
Comanche–Mexico Wars (1821–1870) |
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Comanche Kiowa |
Defeat
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~6,000 | |
Apache–Mexico Wars (1821–1915) Part of the Mexican Indian Wars and the American Indian Wars |
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Apache | Victory
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Yaqui Wars (1821–1929) Part of the Mexican Indian Wars |
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Victory
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Mexican Indian Wars (1821–1933) |
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Various Native Mexicans |
Victory | ||
Central American Uprising of 1821 [es] | ![]() |
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Victory
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~9000 (figures not exact) (1823) | |
Casa Mata Plan Revolution (1822–1823) |
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Republican Victory | ||
Rebellion of Oaxaca (1823) |
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Provisional Government Victory | ||
Rebellion of Guadalajara (1823) |
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Provisional Government Victory
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Rebellion of Puebla (1823) |
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Provisional Government Victory | ||
Revolt of Querétaro (1823) |
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Provisional Government Victory | ||
Fredonian Rebellion (1826–1827) |
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Victory
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Conservative Coup (1829–1831) |
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Conservative Victory
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Zacatecas Rebellion (1835) |
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Centralist Victory
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Texas Revolution (1835–1836) |
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Defeat
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First Franco–Mexican War (1838–1839) also known as the Pastry War |
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Defeat
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Federalist Revolution (Tabasco) [es] (1839–1840) |
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Defeat | ||
Rebellion of the Republic of the Rio Grande (1840) |
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Victory
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Mier Expedition (1842–1843) |
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Victory
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Texan raids on New Mexico (1843) | ![]() |
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Victory | ||
Mexican–American War (1846–1848) |
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Defeat
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Caste War of Yucatán (1847–1901) |
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Maya | Victory
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Expedition of William Walker to Baja California and Sonora (1853-1854) |
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Victory
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Revolution of Ayutla (1854–1855) |
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Liberal Victory
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Reform War (1857–1861) |
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Liberal Victory
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Cortina Troubles (1859–1861) |
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Victory
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Second Franco–Mexican War (1861–1867) |
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Victory
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Victorio's War (1879–1881) |
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Apache | Victory
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Barrios' War of Reunification (1885) |
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Victory
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Garza Revolution (1891–1893) |
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Garzistas | Victory
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Mexican annexation of Clipperton Island (1897) |
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Victory
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Second Totoposte War (1903) |
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Stalemate | ||
Third Totoposte War (1906) |
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Stalemate | ||
Acayucan Rebellion
(1906) |
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Government Victory | ||
Mexican Revolution (1910–1920) |
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Revolutionary Victory
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Border War (1910–1919) |
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Defeat
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Magonista Rebellion (1911) |
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Victory
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Antichina Campaign
(1911–1934) |
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Stalemate
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Delahuertista Rebellion
(1923–1924) |
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Government Victory | ||
Cristero War (1926–1929) |
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Government Ceasefire
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Escobar Rebellion (1929) |
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Escobar Rebels | Government Victory
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Saturnino Cedillo Rebellion
(1938) |
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Cedillistas
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Government Victory
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World War II (1942–1945) |
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Victory
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Mexico–Guatemala Conflict (1958–1959) |
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Ceasefire
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Dirty War (1968–1982) |
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Left-wing groups:
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Victory
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Zapatista Uprising (1994) |
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Ceasefire
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Mexican Drug War (2006–present) |
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Mexican Drug Cartels | Ongoing
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