{"id":39348,"date":"2021-09-10T14:57:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T19:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/?p=39348"},"modified":"2021-09-25T09:29:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-25T14:29:30","slug":"ezln-comando-palomitas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/?p=39348","title":{"rendered":"[:es]EZLN: Comando Palomitas[:en]The Popcorn Commando Unit[:]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[:es]<small>Fuente: <a href=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/09\/10\/comando-palomitas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enlace Zapatista<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Comando Palomitas.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Septiembre del 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Yo no lo s\u00e9 de cierto, pero la leyenda ubica la gestaci\u00f3n de esta unidad de \u00e9lite del ezetaelene hace algunas lunas.<\/p>\n<p>Aunque la comandancia general zapatista ha negado una y otra vez su existencia, y clasifica esas maledicencias en la carpeta de \u201cMitos Geniales y No\u201d (junto con las leyendas del Sombrer\u00f3n, la Xpakint\u00e9 y las recetas gastron\u00f3micas del finado SupMarcos), los rumores ubican el nacimiento del ahora famoso <strong><em>Comando Palomitas<\/em><\/strong> en el Caracol de Tulan Kaw, a finales del a\u00f1o del 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Seg\u00fan esto, el autodenominado SupGaleano hab\u00eda acaparado todo el ma\u00edz palomero del suroriental estado mexicano de Chiapas.\u00a0 Y, aunque el susodicho aleg\u00f3 despu\u00e9s que su plan era sabotear las grandes cadenas de cine y obligarlas a reducir el precio de tan preciado art\u00edculo -as\u00ed como que se prohibieran las absurdas variaciones que ofrecen palomitas con sabor a frituras rancias-, investigaciones posteriores abundaron en la hip\u00f3tesis planteada por el fiscal (un ser extraordinariamente parecido a un escarabajo), quien en el juicio plante\u00f3 el m\u00f3vil del crimen: el SupGaleano quer\u00eda atascarse de palomitas \u00e9l solo.\u00a0 La s\u00fabita e incomprensible escasez de salsa picante aumentaba las sospechas.<\/p>\n<p>El fiscal llamado Don Durito \u2013que se vest\u00eda como el Fiscal de Hierro de los hermanos Almohada (no confundir con los Almada, \u00e9sos son otros)-, despleg\u00f3 una brillante pieza de oratoria llena de referencias cinematogr\u00e1ficas que, hay que reconocerlo, a ratos recordaban a Al Pacino, a Tom Cruise, a John Travolta, y a Matthew McConaughey (<em>cfr<\/em>. las pel\u00edculas de estos actores y tem\u00e1tica de jurisprudencia).\u00a0 El acusado, fungiendo como su propio abogado, no fue menos y, adem\u00e1s, agreg\u00f3 referencias al arte dram\u00e1tico.\u00a0 Estaba el susodicho argumentando como <em>Shui Ta <\/em>\/ <em>Shen Te<\/em> frente a los dioses <strong>(\u201cLa Honesta Persona de Sechuan\u201d. Bertold Brecht<\/strong>), cuando lleg\u00f3 la hora del pozol y el jurado en pleno se ausent\u00f3.<\/p>\n<p>Viendo que no se har\u00eda justicia y el malvado SupGaleano se saldr\u00eda con la suya, la banda de Defensa Zapatista, con la colaboraci\u00f3n del Gato-Perro, tom\u00f3 por asalto la champa del SupGaleano y \u201cexpropi\u00f3\u201d no s\u00f3lo varios costales de ma\u00edz palomero, tambi\u00e9n no pocos cartones de salsa picante.\u00a0 El amado Amado hac\u00eda entonces sus primeras incursiones en la banda de Defensa Zapatista (aunque ya hab\u00eda debutado en Oventik en 2018, en el primer festival de cine, cuando le rob\u00f3 c\u00e1mara a Gael Garc\u00eda Bernal), as\u00ed que form\u00f3, con su amigo Chinto, una especie de sucursal de la horda de Defensa Zapatista.<\/p>\n<p>En la nueva pandilla se auto reclut\u00f3 la Ver\u00f3nica, hermanita del Amado y de quien se dice es el \u201cala radical\u201d del Comando (suele llevar tatuajes hasta en los labios cuando le toca el caramelo agridulce que los contiene).\u00a0 El Chuy y la Cintia fueron reclutados despu\u00e9s.\u00a0 Durante un tiempo, la Esperanza dirigi\u00f3 a la tropa, pero no tard\u00f3 en incorporarse, junto con Defensa, al equipo de f\u00fatbol femenil de las milicianas.\u00a0 Entonces el amado Amado qued\u00f3 como mando.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>-*-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 Corr\u00edan los meses de abril y mayo.\u00a0 La unidad que despu\u00e9s ser\u00eda bautizada como \u201cLa Extempor\u00e1nea\u201d, se preparaba por centenares en el Semillero \u201cComandanta Ramona\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>El SupGaleano recibi\u00f3 entonces la orden de evitar que los ni\u00f1os molestaran a sus <em>mamaces<\/em> mientras tomaban el curso de Escucha y Palabra.\u00a0 El susodicho enfrent\u00f3 ese nuevo reto organizativo y dise\u00f1\u00f3 una reforma a la inexistente ley org\u00e1nica del ezetaelene.\u00a0 Su objetivo: darles una estructura militar e instruirles en el dif\u00edcil arte del sabotaje, la destrucci\u00f3n indiscriminada y los chillidos coordinados y secuenciados.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->\u00a0 Les llam\u00f3 y, con voz marcial, as\u00ed les dijo: \u201c<em>Ya escucharon que el SubMoy explic\u00f3 que hay que estar organizados.\u00a0 Entonces tienen que entender que hasta para hacer travesuras hay que organizarse.\u00a0 Desde ahora son una unidad militar y quien no obedezca las \u00f3rdenes sufrir\u00e1 el castigo de que le cortemos la cabeza con un machete, sin filo para que tarde, y oxidado para que se infecte y tienen que inyectar<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Sobra decir que la amenaza no surti\u00f3 el efecto deseado.\u00a0 La Cintia \u201cbarri\u00f3\u201d al Sup de arriba a abajo con la mirada y se dio media vuelta.\u00a0 El Chuy pregunt\u00f3 si iba a buscar un machete.\u00a0 El Chinto pareci\u00f3 evaluar los riesgos.\u00a0 El amado Amado se subi\u00f3 el cuello de la camisa y la Ver\u00f3nica decidi\u00f3 que era un buen momento para chillar a todo pulm\u00f3n.\u00a0 En <strong><em>cho\u00b4ol<\/em><\/strong>, otra vez.<\/p>\n<p>Nuestro h\u00e9roe (ojo: yo soy \u201cnuestro h\u00e9roe\u201d) no se desanim\u00f3 frente a ese contratiempo y, haciendo alarde de sus amplios conocimientos en psicolog\u00eda, lleg\u00f3 con una cubeta de 20 litros, llena de palomitas.\u00a0 La banda se congreg\u00f3 y presionaron al SupGaleano con el cl\u00e1sico \u201ctienes que compartir\u201d.\u00a0 Pero el Sup s\u00f3lo respondi\u00f3: \u201cno puedo, es s\u00f3lo para comandos\u201d.\u00a0 Tod@s se dieron de alta inmediatamente.\u00a0 Ese fue el nacimiento oficial del Comando Palomitas como tal.<\/p>\n<p>El Sup, previsor, ten\u00eda unos ositos de peluche y unas poderosas pistolas de agua.\u00a0 Les dio a elegir.\u00a0 El Amado y el Chinto eligieron pistolas de agua; la Cintia tom\u00f3 el osito de peluche que, adem\u00e1s, era de su estatura; el Chuy \u2013como ya es su costumbre-, escogi\u00f3 un caballito de pl\u00e1stico que, dicho sea de paso, no estaba contemplado en la repartici\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>Cuando todos esperaban que la Ver\u00f3nica eligiera el otro osito de peluche, lo rechaz\u00f3, tom\u00f3 una de las pistolas de agua, fue y le quit\u00f3 al Chuy su caballito despu\u00e9s de mojarlo (a la Cintia no le pudo quitar el oso de peluche porque ya lo hab\u00eda guardado \u201cpara que no se mojara\u201d), y atac\u00f3 al Amado y al Chinto.\u00a0 Empapada en el fragor de la batalla, la Ver\u00f3nica fue con su mam\u00e1 a que la cambiara, pero no hubo reposo y se lanz\u00f3 contra los pinches hombres \u2013que se hab\u00edan quedado sin parque, o sea sin agua-, y los derrot\u00f3 en una acci\u00f3n fulminante, misma que fue aplaudida por la Defensa y la Esperanza en lo que llamaron \u201cvictoria de g\u00e9nero\u201d.\u00a0 Nuestro h\u00e9roe vio el potencial b\u00e9lico de la Ver\u00f3nica y le dio un rifle <em>lanzaglobos<\/em> de agua (de \u00faltima generaci\u00f3n).<\/p>\n<p>Como dice el sabio proverbio -que invent\u00f3 nuestro h\u00e9roe en ese momento-: \u201c<em>no s\u00f3lo de palomitas se vive, tambi\u00e9n hay paletas y dulces de chamoy<\/em>\u201d; se surti\u00f3 al Comando de toda clase de elementos para su f\u00e9rrea formaci\u00f3n.\u00a0 Fue as\u00ed como llegaron unos caramelos agridulces que ten\u00edan de regalo unas calcoman\u00edas tipo tatuaje.\u00a0 La Ver\u00f3nica fue la \u00fanica que se los puso sin titubear.\u00a0 Y, claro, tambi\u00e9n la \u00fanica que, por lamer la calcoman\u00eda porque ten\u00eda un poco de polvo de chamoy, se tatu\u00f3 la lengua.\u00a0 Fue as\u00ed como la Ver\u00f3nica, a sus tres a\u00f1os, obtuvo, adem\u00e1s del cho\u00b4ol y la castilla, la lengua chino-japonesa-coreana.<\/p>\n<p>El temible Comando Palomitas est\u00e1 integrado actualmente por el amado Amado (10 a\u00f1os y responsable del comando), el Chinto (10 a\u00f1os y coordinador operativo), la Cintia (3 a\u00f1os y la doctora del grupo), el Chuy (3 a\u00f1os, demoliciones controladas) y la Ver\u00f3nica (3 a\u00f1os, demoliciones sin control alguno).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23292 jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cp01.jpeg?resize=640%2C443\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cp01.jpeg?resize=640%2C443&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cp01.jpeg?resize=768%2C531&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cp01.jpeg?w=980&amp;ssl=1 980w\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"443\" data-attachment-id=\"23292\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/09\/10\/comando-palomitas\/cp01\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cp01.jpeg?fit=980%2C678&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"980,678\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cp01\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cp01.jpeg?fit=640%2C443&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cp01.jpeg?fit=980%2C678&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>-*-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 El primer operativo del CP fue en la despedida del Escuadr\u00f3n 421.\u00a0 Mientras las bases de apoyo gritaban vivas al Escuadr\u00f3n y el concejo de ancianos proteg\u00eda con el humo de copal a los futuros marineros, el CP se dedicaba a gritar consignas absurdas, incitado por un individuo de dudosa reputaci\u00f3n, como \u201c\u00a1Queremos palomitas!\u201d, \u201c\u00a1Luchamos por palomitas!\u201d, \u201c\u00a1Para todos, todo. Para nosotros las palomitas!\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Por supuesto que hubo quejas y hasta una acusaci\u00f3n formal, pero la Ver\u00f3nica empez\u00f3 a llorar en <strong><em>ch\u00b4ol<\/em><\/strong> y el SubMois\u00e9s se desesper\u00f3 y dijo \u201cya callen a esa ni\u00f1a\u201d.\u00a0 El SupGaleano, haciendo alarde de sus maestr\u00edas y doctorados en pedagog\u00eda infantil, present\u00f3 dos opciones: o coserle los labios a la chiquilla o darle palomitas -porque con la boca llena de palomitas no podr\u00eda chillar-.\u00a0 Como no encontraron hilo y aguja, le dieron una bolsa de palomitas.\u00a0 El llanto ces\u00f3 inmediatamente.\u00a0 Pero, oh sorpresa, al darse cuenta del resultado, el resto de la banda empez\u00f3 a llorar tambi\u00e9n.\u00a0 Conclusi\u00f3n: la subteniente Angelina tuvo que hacer palomitas para darles a todos.<\/p>\n<p>La historia de los <em>moto<\/em>\u2013<em>sierristas<\/em> es parecida.\u00a0 Cuando los ni\u00f1os vieron a los insurgentes cortar las maderas para labrar los cayucos, empezaron a jugar a la moto-sierra con unas tablas.\u00a0 Es decir, la tabla era la moto-sierra.\u00a0 Su optimismo era elogiable: con la tabla-moto-sierra pretend\u00edan derribar los postes de metal de los tableros de baloncesto.\u00a0 Pero, cuando empezaron a \u201cjugar\u201d a ver qui\u00e9n aserraba al otro, el SupGaleano se dio cuenta, con profunda satisfacci\u00f3n, que la banda podr\u00eda enfrentar con \u00e9xito un apocalipsis zombi.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23293 aligncenter jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cp02.jpeg?resize=640%2C549\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cp02.jpeg?resize=640%2C549&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cp02.jpeg?resize=768%2C658&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cp02.jpeg?w=819&amp;ssl=1 819w\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"549\" data-attachment-id=\"23293\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/09\/10\/comando-palomitas\/cp02\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cp02.jpeg?fit=819%2C702&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"819,702\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cp02\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cp02.jpeg?fit=640%2C549&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cp02.jpeg?fit=819%2C702&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cuando el amado Amado se lastim\u00f3 el pie con un clavo, la Ver\u00f3nica pens\u00f3 que era buena idea \u201ccurarle\u201d el pie y pidi\u00f3 ayuda con el Chuy.\u00a0 Con sendas tablas intentaron aserrarle el pie al Amado.\u00a0 Fue ah\u00ed donde la Cintia le inform\u00f3 al SupGaleano que el Amado \u201cse clav\u00f3 un clavito\u201d.\u00a0 El Sup le aconsej\u00f3 que, para ver si era cierto, le dijera que lo iba a inyectar.\u00a0 Si el Amado corr\u00eda, quer\u00eda decir que se estaba haciendo pato y no estaba mal herido.\u00a0 Fue la Cintia y al poco rato regres\u00f3 e inform\u00f3: el Amado segu\u00eda postrado (ojo <em>centennials<\/em> \u2013o como se diga-, dijo \u201cpostrado\u201d).\u00a0 El Sup puso su mejor cara de <em>Doctor House<\/em> y dijo \u201cEs grave, hay que operar\u201d.\u00a0 Y le aconsej\u00f3 a la Cintia que le cortara los pies\u2026 y la cabeza porque \u201cqu\u00e9 tal y duele su cabeza\u201d.\u00a0 La Cintia estuvo de acuerdo.\u00a0 La historia hubiera culminado con un triunfo de la ciencia m\u00e9dica, con una cirug\u00eda mayor ejecutada a 4 manos y dos tablas en modo <em>moto-sierras<\/em>, si no es porque llegaron los promotores de salud y se llevaron al Amado a la cl\u00ednica en una camilla, le pusieron vendas y no s\u00e9 qu\u00e9 ung\u00fcentos.<\/p>\n<p>Pero, ante la frustraci\u00f3n, la Cintia no se arredr\u00f3 y eligi\u00f3 ser la doctora del Comando.\u00a0 Como el Sup no consigui\u00f3 un equipo de doctora de juguete y s\u00f3lo encontr\u00f3 uno de veterinaria, con \u00e9se la Cintia se present\u00f3 como la m\u00e9dica de la tropa.<\/p>\n<p>Viendo la loable vocaci\u00f3n por la demolici\u00f3n de la Ver\u00f3nica y el Chuy, se les consiguieron dos moto sierras de pl\u00e1stico y un estuche de mec\u00e1nico, con taladro, pinzas, segueta, c\u00fater, desarmador, martillo y llave perica (todo de pl\u00e1stico), que ten\u00edan la ventaja de poder usarse, tanto para las operaciones m\u00e9dico quir\u00fargicas, como para reparar las moto-sierras que, por supuesto, \u201cse descompusieron\u201d desde el primer d\u00eda.<\/p>\n<p>Llegaron entonces las bicicletas.\u00a0 Todos saben que un comando sin bicicletas no puede desplegarse con rapidez y eficacia.\u00a0 El problema es que no sab\u00edan andar en bicicleta.\u00a0 El Sup no les ense\u00f1\u00f3 argumentando que \u201c\u00bf<em>Acaso alguien te ense\u00f1a a vivir?\u00a0 No, aprendes a las ca\u00eddas<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0 Y tal cual: el Comando se llen\u00f3 de raspones, moretones y cortaduras, pero, a los pocos d\u00edas, ya recorr\u00edan sin dificultad la cancha de baloncesto.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>-*-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 Cuando se inform\u00f3 a La Extempor\u00e1nea que, al fin, se hab\u00edan conseguido los vuelos y, lo m\u00e1s importante, un lugar donde aterrizar en Europa, nuestro aclamado h\u00e9roe (yo mero) convoc\u00f3 al Comando Palomitas y les dijo: \u201c<em>Ya se van a ir en unos d\u00edas.\u00a0 Est\u00e1 prohibido enfermarse y lastimarse.\u00a0 Tienen que cuidarse, porque el que llegue con raspones, no tendr\u00e1 palomitas.\u00a0 \u00bfEst\u00e1 claro?<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Para demostrar que estaba todo claro, el Chuy acus\u00f3 a la Cintia de que se hab\u00eda ca\u00eddo de la bicicleta.\u00a0 La Cintia dijo que era su mentira del Chuy, que la Ver\u00f3nica la hab\u00eda empujado.\u00a0 El amado Amado explic\u00f3 que se pelean por cualquier cosa, que basta que una tenga un juguete, para que se peleen.\u00a0 Nuestro admirado palad\u00edn refut\u00f3: \u201cpero si les di un juguete a cada quien e iguales, para que no se pelearan\u201d.\u00a0 El Chinto puso cara de \u201cel Sup no entiende que no entiende\u201d y el amado Amado sentenci\u00f3: \u201cAcaso les importa, quieren el juguete que tiene la otra\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>El incomparable e idolatrado h\u00e9roe (yo de nuevo, pero m\u00e1s modesto si posible fuera) les advirti\u00f3: \u201c<em>Bueno, ya les avis\u00e9, si se lastiman o enferman entonces no van a ir y sus mamaces van a quedar llorando porque tampoco van a ir, por su culpa de ustedes.\u00a0 \u00bfEntendieron?<\/em>\u201d\u00a0 Tod@s respondieron afirmativamente.<\/p>\n<p>En cuanto el gallardo Sup se dio la vuelta, el Chuy empez\u00f3 a llorar.\u00a0 Resulta que la Ver\u00f3nica le dio un zape por andar de chismoso.\u00a0 Se le pregunt\u00f3 a la Ver\u00f3nica si era cierto y confes\u00f3 que s\u00ed, sin la menor se\u00f1al de arrepentimiento.<\/p>\n<p>Desconsolado, el Sup fue a su champa.\u00a0 Lejos de darse por derrotado, revis\u00f3 su amplia biblioteca de tratados de psicolog\u00eda, geograf\u00eda, ciencias ocultas y su colecci\u00f3n de historietas de <em>Mem\u00edn<\/em> <em>Ping\u00fc\u00edn<\/em>, y regres\u00f3 de nuevo.\u00a0 Convoc\u00f3 al CP y en un mapa les mostr\u00f3 donde est\u00e1n el caracol y el semillero.\u00a0 Luego les mostr\u00f3 d\u00f3nde queda Madrid y d\u00f3nde Viena.\u00a0 Posteriormente traz\u00f3 una elegante l\u00ednea para describir el vuelo por venir.<\/p>\n<p>Despu\u00e9s de una larga explicaci\u00f3n, el Sup se retir\u00f3 satisfecho: hab\u00eda logrado convencer al Comando Palomitas.\u00a0 En el aire resonaban las \u00faltimas palabras de nuestro h\u00e9roe: \u201c<em>\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 conformarse con hacer travesuras y estropicios en un caracol, si puedes destruir todo un continente?<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>-*-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 La toma de la c\u00e1mara se aleja.\u00a0 El Comando Palomitas contempla el mapamundi mientras chupa \u00e1vido sus paletas de chamoy.\u00a0 El Tzotz, el Trag\u00f3n y la Pelusa, tres perritos que suelen acompa\u00f1ar al CP en sus incursiones, llegan y destrozan la cartulina.\u00a0 Una r\u00e1faga de viento levanta y hace volar un fragmento en el que se lee \u201cTraves\u00eda por la Vida\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Un final \u00e9pico\u2026 y, bueno, s\u00ed, un poco parad\u00f3jico.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Warning<\/em><\/strong>: el Comando Palomitas lleva dos meses sin probar la raz\u00f3n de su existencia.\u00a0 Un Comando Palomitas sin ma\u00edz palomero es como un vampiro consol\u00e1ndose con salsa de tomate, as\u00ed que es de esperar que, al llegar a Europa\u2026 bueno, pues\u2026 \u00bfpor qu\u00e9 ser\u00e1 que el SupGaleano ensaya una y otra vez el \u201c<em>\u00bfAl\u00f3? \u00bfBrennen Wien und Berl\u00edn?<\/em>\u201d, en dos viejos <em>walkie-talkies,<\/em> con el Amado, que est\u00e1 a s\u00f3lo 10 metros y dice que no oye.\u00a0 Claro, tal vez si le pusieran pilas a los aparatos\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Doy fe.<\/p>\n<p>El SupGaleano.<br \/>\nJefe Supremo, M\u00e1ximo L\u00edder, Destacado Dirigente, Gran Gu\u00eda, Hist\u00f3rico Historiador, Sabio Infalible, Luz Perenne al Final del T\u00fanel, Alfa y Omega \u2013y Delta y Lambda-, Faro de las Generaciones Presentes y Futuras, Palad\u00edn de la Modestia, e Instructor del Comando Palomitas.<br \/>\n(y, bueno, tambi\u00e9n \u201cNuestro h\u00e9roe\u201d en este relato \u00e9pico, digno de ser ampliado por las plumas de Mart\u00edn Luis Guzm\u00e1n y Le\u00f3n Tolstoi)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/599879721\" width=\"640\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>M\u00fasica: Amanda Ventura-\u00abThe Way\u00bb (Harmonica Blues Solo), Led Zeppelin-\u00abImmigrante Song\u00bb, Creedence Clearwater Revival-\u00abFortunate Son\u00bb[:en]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Popcorn Commando Unit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>September, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know for sure, but legend has it that the birth of this elite unit of the EZLN began some moons ago.<\/p>\n<p>While the General Command of the EZLN has repeatedly denied its existence and classifies the rumors about it in the \u201cFunny-And-Not-So-Funny Myths\u201d folder (together with the legends of the <em>Sombrer\u00f3n<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/09\/24\/the-popcorn-commando-unit\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EnlaceZapatista+%28Enlace+Zapatista%29#_edn1\" name=\"_ednref1\">[i]<\/a>, the <em>Xpakint\u00e9<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/09\/24\/the-popcorn-commando-unit\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EnlaceZapatista+%28Enlace+Zapatista%29#_edn2\" name=\"_ednref2\">[ii]<\/a> and recipes from the late SupMarcos\u2019 kitchen), the rumors place the emergence of the famous <em>Popcorn Commando Unit<\/em> in the <em>caracol<\/em> of Tulan Kaw towards the end of 2019.<\/p>\n<p>According to this legend, SupGaleano was hoarding all the popcorn kernels in the Southeastern Mexican state of Chiapas. Though he insisted his plan was to sabotage the large movie theater chains and force them to reduce the price of the highly-prized commodity (and to ban the absurd varieties of rancid, fried popcorn flavors), later investigations supported the hypothesis offered by the district attorney (a being with an extraordinary resemblance to a beetle), who presented the following motive for the crime at the trial: SupGaleano wanted to stuff himself full of popcorn. The sudden and incomprehensible shortage of hot sauce only increased suspicions.<\/p>\n<p>The district attorney, Don Durito, who dressed like the Almohada Brothers\u2019 Iron Sherrif<a href=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/09\/24\/the-popcorn-commando-unit\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EnlaceZapatista+%28Enlace+Zapatista%29#_edn3\" name=\"_ednref3\">[iii]<\/a> (not to be confused with the Almada brothers<a href=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/09\/24\/the-popcorn-commando-unit\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EnlaceZapatista+%28Enlace+Zapatista%29#_edn4\" name=\"_ednref4\">[iv]<\/a>, they\u2019re different), delivered a brilliant piece of oratory full of cinematographic references, at times alluding to Al Pacino, Tom Cruise, John Travolta and Matthew McConaughey (see these actors\u2019 films related to jurisprudence). The accused, acting as his own legal representation, was no less well-spoken, and additionally included references to the dramatic arts. He was arguing like <em>Shui Ta\/Shen Te <\/em>in front of the gods (see \u201cThe Good Person of Szechwan\u201d by Berthold Brecht) when the clock struck <em>pozol<\/em> time and the entire jury vanished.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Seeing clearly that justice would not be done and that the evil SupGaleano would have his way, Defensa Zapatista\u2019s kid gang, with the collaboration of the Cat-Dog, raided SupGaleano\u2019s hut and \u201cexpropriated\u201d not only several burlap sacks of popcorn kernels, but also more than a few bottles of hot sauce. Dear Amado was at that moment making his first incursions into Defensa Zapatista\u2019s gang (though he had already made his debut in Oventik in 2018 at the first film festival, when he stole Gael Garc\u00eda Bernal\u2019s camera). He and his friend Chinto made up a sort of subsidiary of Defensa Zapatista\u2019s horde.<\/p>\n<p>Veronica recruited herself into the new gang: Amado\u2019s little sister, she is known as the \u201cradical wing\u201d of the Commando Unit (she is often seen with [temporary] tattoos everywhere, even on her lips, whenever she gets the sweet and sour candies that come with the tattoos). Chuy and Cintia were recruited later. For a time, Esperanza Zapatista lead the group, but along with Defensa she soon joined the <em>miliciana<\/em>\u2019s women\u2019s soccer team, so dear Amado became the commander.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>-*-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was sometime in April or May. The group of several hundred that would later be baptized \u201c<em>La Extempor\u00e1nea<\/em>\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/09\/24\/the-popcorn-commando-unit\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EnlaceZapatista+%28Enlace+Zapatista%29#_edn5\" name=\"_ednref5\">[v]<\/a> was preparing in the Semillero \u201c<em>Comandanta Ramona\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SupGaleano received the order to make sure that the kids did not bother their mothers while the latter were taking the \u201cListen and Share Our Word\u201d course. He faced this new organizational challenge by coming up with a reform to the <em>ezetaelene<\/em>\u2019s non-existent organic law<a href=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/09\/24\/the-popcorn-commando-unit\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EnlaceZapatista+%28Enlace+Zapatista%29#_edn6\" name=\"_ednref6\">[vi]<\/a>, with the objective of providing the children with a military structure and instructing them in the difficult arts of sabotage, indiscriminate destruction and coordinated, orchestrated crying.<\/p>\n<p>He called the children and, in a military tone, said: \u201c<em>You heard SubMoy explain that we must be organized. You all have to understand that even making mischief requires organization. From now on you are a military unit and whoever disobeys orders will be punished by beheading with a machete \u2013 a dull machete, so that it takes a long time, and a rusty one, so that the wound gets infected and you have to get a shot.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It goes without saying that the threat did not have the desired effect. Cintia looked the Sup up and down and turned halfway around. Chuy asked if he should go get a machete. Chinto seemed to weigh the risks. Dear Amado pulled up his shirt collar and Veronica decided it was a good moment to start crying her lungs out \u2013 in <em>Ch\u2019ol<\/em>, once again.<\/p>\n<p>Our hero (note: that\u2019s me) was not discouraged by this setback and, drawing upon his extensive knowledge of psychology, produced a 20-liter bucket full of popcorn. The gang gathered around and pressured the Sup with the classic, \u201cYou have to share!\u201d But the Sup replied, \u201cI can\u2019t, it\u2019s for commandos only.\u201d All the kids signed up immediately. That was the official birth of the Popcorn Commando Unit as such.<\/p>\n<p>Always thinking ahead, the Sup had a few stuffed bears and a couple of powerful water pistols. He let the kids choose: Amado and Chinto chose water pistols, Cintia chose a stuffed bear that was as tall as she was, and Chuy, as usual, chose a little plastic horse that, as it happens, was not meant to be part of the distribution.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone expected Veronica to also choose a stuffed bear, but she rejected it: instead she took one of the water pistols, grabbed the plastic horse from Chuy after spraying him with water (she couldn\u2019t take Cintia\u2019s bear because she had already put it away \u201cso it wouldn\u2019t get wet\u201d), and attacked Amado and Chinto. Soaked from the heated battle, Veronica went to her mom and asked her to change her clothes, but moments later she again went after the rascal boys \u2013 who had run out of ammo, that is, water \u2013 and defeated them in a decisive action which was cheered by Defensa and Esperanza as a \u201cgender victory.\u201d Our hero saw the warrior potential in Veronica and gave her a water balloon gun (the latest model).<\/p>\n<p>As the proverb goes, which our hero invented at that moment, \u201cOne does not live on popcorn alone but also on <em>chamoy<\/em>-flavored popsicles and sweets.\u201d The Commando Unit was provided with all kinds of things for their ironclad formation. That\u2019s how some sweet and sour candies that came with some temporary tattoos as a gift came about. Veronica was the only one to put one on without hesitation. Of course, she was also the only one, having licked the tattoo because it had a little bit of <em>chamoy<\/em>-flavored powder on it, to tattoo her tongue. This was how Veronica, at the age of 3, attained, in addition to Cho\u2019ol and Spanish, the Chinese-Japanese-Korean tongue.<\/p>\n<p>The terrific Popcorn Commando Unit currently consists of dear Amado (10 years ago and the head of the command), Chinto (10 years ago and the operations coordinator), Cintia (3 years old and the doctor of the group), Chuy (3 years old and involved in controlled demolitions) and Ver\u00f3nica (3 years old and involved in uncontrolled demolitions).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23292 aligncenter jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cp01.jpeg?resize=640%2C443\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cp01.jpeg?resize=640%2C443&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cp01.jpeg?resize=768%2C531&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cp01.jpeg?w=980&amp;ssl=1 980w\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"443\" data-attachment-id=\"23292\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/09\/10\/comando-palomitas\/cp01\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cp01.jpeg?fit=980%2C678&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"980,678\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cp01\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cp01.jpeg?fit=640%2C443&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cp01.jpeg?fit=980%2C678&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>-*-<\/p>\n<p>The first assignment for the PCU was the sendoff of the 421st Squadron. While the bases of support shouted out \u201clong live the Squadron\u201d and the council of elders burned <em>copal<\/em> incense to protect the future sailors, the PCU concentrated on yelling absurd chants, incited by an individual of questionable reputation, such as \u201cWe want popcorn!\u201d, \u201cWe struggle for popcorn!\u201d and \u201cFor everyone, everything. For us, popcorn!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, there were complaints and even a formal charge, but Ver\u00f3nica began to cry in ch\u2019ol and SubMois\u00e9s having become exasperated said, \u201cQuiet this girl already.\u201d SupGaleano, showing off his masters and doctorates in childhood pedagogy, presented two options: sew the little girl\u2019s lips shut or give her popcorn because with a mouth full of popcorn she wouldn\u2019t be able to scream. Since they couldn\u2019t find a needle and thread, they gave her a bag of popcorn. The crying immediately stopped. But, what a surprise, upon seeing the results, the rest of the group began to also cry. The conclusion: the second lieutenant Angelina had to make popcorn for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>The story of the chainsaws is similar. When the kids saw the <em>insurgents<\/em> cutting down wood to carve out canoes, they began to play chainsaws with some boards, meaning that the boards were the pretend chainsaws. Their ambition was commendable: with the chainsaw-boards they tried to tear down the metal posts that hold up the basketball hoops. However, when they started \u201cplaying\u201d who would saw off the other, SupGaleano realized with deep satisfaction that the group may successfully face a zombie apocalypse.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23293 aligncenter jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cp02.jpeg?resize=640%2C549\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cp02.jpeg?resize=640%2C549&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cp02.jpeg?resize=768%2C658&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cp02.jpeg?w=819&amp;ssl=1 819w\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"549\" data-attachment-id=\"23293\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/09\/10\/comando-palomitas\/cp02\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cp02.jpeg?fit=819%2C702&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"819,702\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cp02\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cp02.jpeg?fit=640%2C549&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cp02.jpeg?fit=819%2C702&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When dear Amado hurt his foot on a nail, Veronica thought it would be a good idea to \u201cheal\u201d his foot and asked Chuy for help. With each of their boards they tried to saw off Amado\u2019s foot. It was at this point that Cintia let SupGaleano know that Amado had \u201cnailed himself with a nail.\u201d The Sup recommended, in order to see if it was true, that she tell him that he would have to get a shot. If Amado ran away, that meant that he was just playing them and he wasn\u2019t badly hurt. It was Cintia who, not long after, returned and informed him that Amado was still prostrated (note, centennials, or however you call them, I said \u201cprostrated\u201d). The Sup put on his best Doctor House face and said, \u201cIt\u2019s serious. We must operate.\u201d He advised Cintia to cut off his feet\u2026 and his head because \u201cwhat if his head hurt too.\u201d Cintia agreed. The story would have ended with a triumph of medical science with a major surgery having been executed with 4 hands and 2 boards as chainsaws if it weren\u2019t for the arrival of health promoters who took Amado on a stretcher to the clinic where they applied bandages and I don\u2019t know what kind of ointments.<\/p>\n<p>However, in the face of frustration, Cintia wasn\u2019t intimidated and decided to be the doctor of the Commando Unit. Since Sup couldn\u2019t find a doctor\u2019s play set and only found a veterinarian one, it was with these tools that Cintia presented herself as the doctor of the group.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing Veronica and Chuy\u2019s laudable talent for demolition, they were given two plastic chainsaws and a toolbox with a drill, tweezers, fretsaw, cutter, screwdriver, hammer, and wrench (all plastic) which had the advantage of being able to be used for both medical surgical operations as well as repairing the chainsaws that, of course, \u201cbroke down\u201d the first day.<\/p>\n<p>Then the bicycles arrived. Everyone knows that a commando unit without bicycles can\u2019t be deployed rapidly and effectively. The problem is that they didn\u2019t know how to ride bikes. The Sup refused to teach them arguing that, \u201c<em>What, you think someone should teach you how to live? No, you learn from falling.<\/em>\u201d That is precisely what happened and the Commando Unit accumulated scrapes, bruises and cuts, but in just a few days they could easily ride across the basketball court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">-*-<\/p>\n<p>When <em>La Extempor\u00e1nea<\/em> was informed that at last they had gotten flights, and most importantly, a place to land in Europe, our acclaimed hero (that\u2019s me) convoked the Popcorn Commando Unit and told them, \u201c<em>You\u2019re going to be leaving in a few days. It is strictly prohibited to get sick or hurt yourself. You have to take care of yourselves because if anyone arrives scuffed up they won\u2019t get any popcorn. Is that clear?\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p>To show that everything was clear, Chuy accused Cintia of falling off the bike. Cintia said that Chuy was lying and that Veronica had pushed her. Dear Amado explained that they fight over everything and that if one has a toy that\u2019s reason enough to fight. Our respected guardian refuted, \u201c<em>What if I give the same toy to each person so that you all don\u2019t fight<\/em>.\u201d Chinto made a \u201cThe Sup doesn\u2019t understand that he doesn\u2019t understand\u201d face and dear Amado declared, \u201c<em>As if that mattered, they want the toy that the other one has<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The unrivaled and worshipped hero (me again, but more modest if such a thing possible) informed them, \u201c<em>Well, I\u2019ve already warned you that if you get hurt or sick then you\u2019re not going to go and your mothers are going to cry because they won\u2019t be able to go either because of you. Do you understand?\u201d<\/em> Everyone [<em>Tod@s<\/em>] responded affirmatively.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as the brave Sup turned around, Chuy started to cry. It turns out that Veronica had given him a smack for being a gossip. Asked if that was indeed what happened, Veronica confessed that it was without the slightest hint of remorse.<\/p>\n<p>Distressed, Sup went to his hut. Far from being defeated, he perused his expansive library of psychological treatments, geography, occult sciences, and his collection of <em>Mem\u012bn Ping\u00fc\u00edn<\/em> cartoons and returned. He convoked the PCU and showed them on a map where the <em>caracol<\/em> and seedbed were. Later he showed them where Madrid and Vienna were. He subsequently drew an elegant line to describe the upcoming flight.<\/p>\n<p>After a long explanation, Sup retired, satisfied at having convinced the Popcorn Commando Unit. The last words of our hero echoed in the air: \u201c<em>Why resign yourself to getting into mischief and wreaking havoc in a caracol when you can destroy a whole continent?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">-*-<\/p>\n<p>The camera pans away. The Popcorn Commando Unit contemplates the world map while they avidly suck on their <em>chamoy<\/em>-flavored popsicles. <em>Tzotz, Trag\u00f3n<\/em> and <em>Pelusa, <\/em>three little dogs that usually accompany the PCU on their ventures, arrive and destroy the poster.\u00a0 A gust of wind lifts and sets in motion a piece of it which reads \u201cJourney for Life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An epic, or well, yes, a bit paradoxical, ending.<\/p>\n<p><em>Warning<\/em>: The Popcorn Commando Unit has gone two months without tasting its reason for its existence. A Popcorn Commando Unit without popcorn is like a vampire consoling itself with tomato sauce. Hopefully, this will change when they arrive in Europe since well, then.. why else would it be that SupGaleano rehearses over and over, \u201c<em>Al\u00f3? \u00bfBrennen Wien und Berl\u00edn?<\/em>\u201d on two old walkie-talkies with Amado who is only 10 meters away and says he can\u2019t hear. Of course, maybe if they put batteries in the devices\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I bear witness.<br \/>\nSupGaleano.<\/p>\n<p>Supreme Chief, Ultimate Leader, Outstanding Director, Wise Guide, Historical Historian, Infallible Sage, Perennial Light at the End of the Tunnel, Alpha and Omega (and Delta and Lambda), Lighthouse for the Present and Future Generations, Defender of Modesty and Instructor of the Popcorn Commando Unit (and well, also \u201cOur hero\u201d in this epic tale, worthy of being written about by Mart\u00edn Luis Guzm\u00e1n and Leo Tolstoy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/599879721\" width=\"640\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/09\/24\/the-popcorn-commando-unit\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EnlaceZapatista+%28Enlace+Zapatista%29#_ednref1\" name=\"_edn1\">[i]<\/a>The <em>Sombrer\u00f3n<\/em> is a Mesoamerican legend about an elf-life man dressed in a large sombrero who bewitches women outside their windows by singing, dancing and playing his guitar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/09\/24\/the-popcorn-commando-unit\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EnlaceZapatista+%28Enlace+Zapatista%29#_ednref2\" name=\"_edn2\">[ii]<\/a>A mystical being with the appearance of a woman who beguiles men on their way home along dark roads. See http:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2019\/08\/19\/adagio-allegro-molto-in-my-minor-a-possible-realityfrom-the-notebook-of-the-cat-dog\/<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/09\/24\/the-popcorn-commando-unit\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EnlaceZapatista+%28Enlace+Zapatista%29#_ednref3\" name=\"_edn3\">[iii]<\/a><em>El Fiscal de Hierro<\/em> (1989) is a Mexican narco drama film starring Mario Almada (see below).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/09\/24\/the-popcorn-commando-unit\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EnlaceZapatista+%28Enlace+Zapatista%29#_ednref4\" name=\"_edn4\">[iv]<\/a>Mario Almada (1922-2016) was a prolific Mexican actor, director and producer who appeared in over 200 films, primarily Westerns and narco dramas. His brother Fernando was also an actor and writer. The pair was nicknamed \u201cThe Pillow Brothers\u201d [<em>los hermanos Almohada<\/em>] because of the repetitive and boring nature of their films.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/09\/24\/the-popcorn-commando-unit\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EnlaceZapatista+%28Enlace+Zapatista%29#_ednref5\" name=\"_edn5\">[v]<\/a> Zapatista Airborne Company. See the EZLN\u2019s August 17, 2021 communique for an explanation of the use of \u201c<em>La Extempor\u00e1nea\u201d <\/em>[the extemporaneous]<em>:<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/08\/17\/only-500-years-later\/\">https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/08\/17\/only-500-years-later\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/09\/24\/the-popcorn-commando-unit\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EnlaceZapatista+%28Enlace+Zapatista%29#_ednref6\" name=\"_edn6\">[vi]<\/a>In the Mexican legal system, \u201corganic\u201d law is a level between the Constitution and ordinary law, governing particular topics understood to involve Mexicans\u2019 fundamental rights, and which require a larger majority than normal to be passed.[:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[:es]Fuente: Enlace Zapatista Comando Palomitas. Septiembre del 2021. Yo no lo s\u00e9 de cierto, pero la leyenda ubica la gestaci\u00f3n de esta unidad de \u00e9lite del ezetaelene hace algunas lunas. Aunque la comandancia general zapatista ha negado una y otra vez su existencia, y clasifica esas maledicencias en la carpeta de \u201cMitos Geniales y No\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1318,6,118,955,953,960],"tags":[1334,644,926,1317],"class_list":["post-39348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-caravana-zapatista-a-europa","category-chiapas","category-ezln","category-ezln-temas","category-mundo","category-ninxs","tag-travesiaporlavida","tag-comunicados-ezln","tag-ezln","tag-travesia-por-la-vida"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39348"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39741,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39348\/revisions\/39741"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}