Five hundred years after the
Conquest of Mexico, seven people set off from
Isla Mujeres on 2 May 2021 in a boat called La Montaña, saying their trip to Europe was a symbolic invasion. They had travelled from
Chiapas to the Caribbean and aimed to arrive in
Vigo in north-west Spain before 13 August, the date marking five hundred years since
Tenochtitlan was captured by Spanish forces. The crew of seven was composed of two men, four women and one
non-binary person (referred to as "otroa" in Spanish). The 4-2-1 formation resulted in the crew being known as the 421st Squadron, in an echo of the
201st Fighter Squadron, a
Mexican Air Force which fought internationally in World War II. The Zapatistas met activist groups in
Barcelona,
Madrid,
Mérida and
Valencia in Spain and next went to France, where they visited
Aubervilliers,
Montreuil and the
Zone to Defend at
Notre-Dame-des-Landes near
Nantes. In a second phase, the "Extemporaneous delegation" of 170 Zapatistas flew to
Vienna in Austria, on 15 September. It split up into smaller groups which went off to visit any places which had made an invitation. In Sweden, the Zapatistas visited
Gothenburg,
Jönköping,
Malmö,
Östersund,
Stockholm and
Uppsala. == Notes ==