List of conflicts in Mexico

This is a list of conflicts in Mexico arranged chronologically starting from the Pre-Columbian era (Lithic, Archaic, Formative, Classic, and Post-Classic periods/stages of North America; c. 18000 BCE – c. 1521 CE) up to the colonial and postcolonial periods (c. 1521 CE – Present). This list includes any raid, strike, skirmish, siege, sacking, and/or battle (land, naval, and air) that occurred on the territories of what may today be referred to as Mexico (Mesoamerica, Aridoamerica, and Oasisamerica); however, in which the conflict itself may have only been part of an operation of a campaign in a theater of a greater war (e.g. any and/or all border, undeclared, colonial, proxy, liberation, global, Indian wars, etc.). There may also be periods of violent, civil unrest listed; such as, shootouts, spree killings, massacres, terrorist attacks, coups, assassinations, regicides, riots, rebellions, revolutions, and civil wars (as well as wars of succession and/or independence). The list might also contain episodes of human sacrifice, mass suicide, and ethnic cleansing/genocide.

• Campaigns of Spearthrower Owl (r. c. 374 – c. 439 CE)
  • Conquest of Tikal (378 CE)
  • Conquest of Copán (426 CE)
  • Conquest of Quiriguá (426 CE)
• Fall of Teotihuacan (c. 410 – c. 547 CE)

• Wars of the Mayans (c. 1000 BCE – c. 1697 CE)
  • Campaigns of K'inich Tatb'u Skull I (reign: c. 402 – c. 454 CE)
    • Conquest of Bonampak
  • Campaigns of Yuknoom Chʼeen I (r. c. 484 – c. 520 CE)

• Wars of the Mayans (c. 1000 BCE – c. 1697 CE)
  • Campaigns of Tuun Kʼabʼ Hix (r. c. 520 – c. 546 CE)
  • Campaigns of Itzamnaaj Bahlam II (r. 570–610, 599–611 CE)
    • War against Ah Ahaual
  • Campaigns of Yohl Ikʼnal (r. 583–604 CE)
    • Palenque–Calakmul war (599–611 CE)
      • Sack of Palenque (599 CE)

• Wars of the Mayans (c. 1000 BCE – c. 1697 CE)
  • Campaigns of Sky Witness (r. c. 561 – c. 572 CE)
    • Tikal–Calakmul wars (537–838 CE)
      • First Tikal–Calakmul War (537–572 CE)
    • Star wars (562–781 CE)
      • Tikal–Calakmul star war (562 CE)
  • Campaigns of Scroll Serpent (r. 579–611 CE)
    • Calakmul–Palenque war (599 CE)
  • Campaigns of Yuknoom Head (r. 630–636 CE)
    • Star wars (562–781 CE)
      • Calakmul–Naranjo star war (631 CE)
  • Campaigns of K'ahk' Xiiw Chan Chaahk (r. 644–680 CE)
    • Star wars (562–781 CE)
      • Naranjo–Caracol war (636 CE)
  • Campaigns of Bahlam Ajaw (r. 644–679 CE)
    • Star wars (562–781 CE)
      • Tortuguero star war (644 CE)
    • Conquest of Comalcalco (649 CE)
  • Campaigns of Yuknoom Chʼeen II (r. c. 600 – c. 686 CE)
    • Tikal–Calakmul wars (537–838 CE)
      • Second Tikal–Calakmul War (650–695 CE)
        • Defeat of Calakmul (695 CE)
    • Star wars (562–781 CE)
      • Tikal–Calakmul star war (657 CE)
  • Campaigns of Yaxun Bʼalam III (r. 631–681 CE)
    • Conquest of Hix Witz (c. 646 – c. 647 CE)
  • Campaigns of Itzamnaaj Bahlam III (r. 681–742 CE)
    • War against Ah Ahaual (c. 680 CE)
  • Campaigns of Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Chaak (r. 693 – c. 720 CE)
    • Defeat of Ucanal (695 CE)
    • Sack of Yaxha (710 CE)
  • Campaigns of K'inich B'aaknal Chaak (r. 688–715 CE)
    • Star wars (562–781 CE)
      • Tonina–Palenque war (711 CE)
  • Campaigns of Wak Chanil Ajaw (r. 693–706, 721–741 CE)
    • Sack of K'inichil Kab (699 CE)
    • Sacking of nine unknown polities (c. 699 – c. 726 CE)
    • Victory against Komkom (726 CE)
  • Campaigns of Yax Mayuy Chan Chaak (r. 741–744, 721–741 CE)
    • Conquest of Komkom (726 CE)
    • Defeat by Tikal (744 CE)
  • War of succession (c. 742 – c. 752 CE)
  • Campaigns of Yaxun Bʼalam IV (r. 752–768 CE)
  • Defeat of Yuknoom Tookʼ Kʼawiil (r. c. 702 – c. 731, c. 702 – c. 736 CE)
    • Tikal–Calakmul wars (537–838 CE)
      • Third Tikal–Calakmul War (720–744 CE)
        • Conquest of Calakmul (736 CE)

• Wars of the Mayans (c. 1000 BCE – c. 1697 CE)
  • Classic Maya collapse (c. 763 – c. 1179 CE)

• Campaigns of Xochitl (r. c. 877 – c. 916 CE)
  • Toltec civil war (c. 877 – c. 1110 CE)
• Campaigns of Ce Acatl Topiltzin (r. c. 923 – c. 931, c. 923 – c. 947 CE)
  • Toltec civil war (c. 877 – c. 1110 CE)

• Campaigns of Eight Deer Jaguar Claw (r. 1063–1115 CE)
  • Conquest of Red and White Bundle (c. 1099 CE)
  • Execution of Eight Deer Jaguar Claw (1115 CE)
• Campaigns of Atonal II (r. c. 1453 – c. 1458, c. 1453 – c. 1461, c. 1468, c. 1490 CE)
  • Defeated by the Aztecs (c. 1453, c. 1458, c. 1461, c. 1468, or c. 1490 CE)
    • Conquest of Coixtlahuaca (c. 1453, c. 1458, c. 1461, c. 1468, or c. 1490 CE)

• Wars of the Mayans (c. 1000 BCE – c. 1697 CE)
  • Classic Maya collapse (c. 763 – c. 1179 CE)
  • Campaigns of Chac-Xib-Chac (r. c. 1175 – c. 1194 CE)
    • Conquest of Chichen Itza
  • Fall of Mayapan (c. 1440 – c. 1461 CE)

• Campaigns of Tariácuri (r. c. 1350 CE)
• Campaigns of Tangaxuan II (r. 1520–1530 CE)
  • Saltpeter war (1480–1510 CE)

• Wars of the Zapotecs
  • Campaigns of Cosijoeza (r. 1487–1504 CE)
    • Zapotec conquest of Tehuantepec (1487 CE)
    • Zapotec warfare and resistance against the Aztecs (1496–1497 CE)
      • Aztec siege of Tehuantepec (1496 CE)
      • Aztec destruction of Huaxyacac (1497 CE)
      • Aztec destruction of Mitla (1497 CE)
      • Aztec siege of Guiengola (1497 CE)

• Wars of the Tepanecs (c. 1222 – c. 1431 CE)
  • Conquest of Ayotoxco (c. 1222 – c. 1283 CE)
  • Conquest of Ocoyoacac (c. 1222 – c. 1283 CE)
  • Conquest of Coyoacán (c. 1222 – c. 1283 CE)
  • Conquest of Coatepec (c. 1222 – c. 1283 CE)
  • Conquest of Cuitláhuac (c. 1250 – c. 1414 CE)
  • Conquest of Cuauhtitlan (c. 1283 – c. 1343 CE)
  • Conquest of Azcapotzalco (c. 1283 – c. 1414 CE)
  • Conquest of Atotonilco (c. 1300 – c. 1414 CE)
  • Campaigns of Coxcoxtli (reign: c. 1281 – c. 1307, c. 1281 – c. 1350 CE)
    • Culhuacán-Mexica war (c. 1299 – c. 1325 CE)
  • Conquest of Coatlinchan (c. 1337 – c. 1418 CE)
  • Conquest of Tetzcoco (c. 1337 – c. 1418 CE)
  • Conquest of Cuajimalpa (1342 CE)
  • Conquest of Xochimilco (c. 1352 – c. 1376 CE)
  • Conquest of Chalco (c. 1354 – c. 1376 CE)
  • Conquest of Cuauhnahuac (c. 1365 – c. 1396 CE)
  • Campaigns of Tezozomoc (r. c. 1353 – 1426, c. 1370 – 1426 CE)
    • Azcapotzalco-Texcoco war (c. 1367 – c. 1428 CE)
    • Conquest of Tepotzotlán (1372 CE)
    • Conquest of Culhuacán (c. 1377 – c. 1428 CE)
    • Conquest of Xaltocan (c. 1395 CE)
  • Campaigns of Maxtla (r. c. 1426 – c. 1428 CE)
    • Rebellion in Azcapotzalco (c. 1426 CE)
    • Tepanec War (1426–1440 CE)
• Wars of the Aztecs (c. 1248 – c. 1521 CE)
  • Campaigns of Acamapichtli (r. c. 1350 – c. 1403, c. 1376 – c. 1395 CE)
    • Conquest of Chalco (c. 1376 – c. 1410 CE)
    • Conquest of Cuauhnahuac
    • Conquest of Xochimilco (c. 1376 – c. 1430 CE)
  • Campaigns of Huitzilihuitl (r. c. 1390 – c. 1415, c. 1403 – c. 1417 CE)
    • Conquest of Tollantzingo (c. 1390 – c. 1417 CE)
    • Conquest of Otompa (c. 1395 – c. 1417 CE)
    • Conquest of Acolman (1396 CE)
    • Conquest of Tultitlan (c. 1396 – c. 1417 CE)
    • Conquest of Xaltocan (c. 1428 – c. 1495 CE)

• Wars of the Aztecs (c. 1248 – c. 1521 CE)
  • Tepanec War (1426–1440 CE)
  • Conquest of Teotihuacan (1427 CE)
  • Campaigns of Itzcoatl (r. c. 1427 – c. 1440, c. 1428 – c. 1440 CE)
    • Conquest of Coyoacán (c. 1428 CE)
    • Conquest of Culhuacán (c. 1428 CE)
    • Conquest of Mixquic (1432 CE)
    • Conquest of Cuitláhuac (c. 1433 – c. 1434 CE)
    • Conquest of Tezompa (c. 1433 – c. 1434 CE)
    • Conquest of Cuauhnahuac (c. 1439 CE)
    • Conquest of Tenayuca (c. 1434 CE)
  • Campaigns of Moctezuma I (r. 1440–1466, 1440–1469 CE)
    • Subjugation of the Huastec people (c. 1445 – c. 1450 CE)
    • Subjugation of the Totonac people (c. 1445 – c. 1450 CE)
    • Flower wars (1454–1519 CE)
    • Subjugation of the Mixtec people (c. 1458 CE)
      • Conquest of Coixtlahuaca (c. 1458 CE)
    • Conquest of Cosamaloapan (c. 1458 – c. 1466 CE)
    • Conquest of Āhuilizāpan (c. 1458 – c. 1466 CE)
    • Conquest of Cuauhtitlan (c. 1458 – c. 1466 CE)
  • Campaigns of Axayacatl (r. c. 1469 – c. 1481, c. 1472 – c. 1481 CE)
    • Battle of Tlatelolco (1473 CE)
      • Conquest of Tlatelolco (1473 CE)
    • Conquest of Cuetlachtlan (1474 CE)
    • Subjugation of the Matlatzinca people (c. 1474 – c. 1478 CE)
      • Conquest of Calixtlahuaca (c. 1476 CE)
      • Conquest of Tollocan (1478 CE)
  • Campaigns of Moctezuma II (r. c. 1502 – 1520, c. 1503 – 1520 CE)
    • Conquest of Soconusco (c. 1486 – c. 1502 CE)
    • Conquest of Tehuantepec (c. 1496 – c. 1502 CE)
    • Subjugation of the Zapotec people (c. 1497 – c. 1502 CE)
    • Subjugation of the Yopi people (c. 1502 CE)

• European colonization of the Americas (c. 1003 – c. 1945)
  • Spanish colonization of the Americas (c. 1492 – c. 1898)
    • Spanish conquest of Mexico (c. 1521 – c. 1550)
      • Spanish conquest of the Maya (c. 1521 – c. 1704)
        • Spanish conquest of Yucatán (c. 1521 – 1546)
        • Spanish conquest of Chiapas (c. 1523 – c. 1695)
      • Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519–1521)
        • Cholula massacre (1519)
        • Massacre in the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan (1520)
        • Battle of Cempoala (1520)
        • La Noche Triste (1520)
        • Battle of Otumba (1520)
        • Fall of Tenochtitlan (1521)
          • Battle of Colhuacatonco (1521)
      • Spanish conquest of the Tarascan empire (1522–1530)
      • Expedition of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1535–1554)
        • Conquest of Cíbola (1540)
        • Tiguex War (1540–1541)
      • Yaqui Wars (1533–1929)
      • Mixtón war (1540–1542)
      • Apache Wars (c. 1541 – 1924)
        • Apache–Mexico Wars (c. 1541 – 1915)
      • Chichimeca war (1550–1590)

• European colonization of the Americas (c. 1003 – c. 1945)
  • Spanish colonization of the Americas (c. 1492 – c. 1898)
    • Spanish conquest of Mexico (c. 1502 – c. 1550)
      • Spanish conquest of the Maya (c. 1502 – c. 1704)
        • Spanish conquest of Chiapas (c. 1523 – c. 1695)
        • Spanish conquest of Petén (c. 1618 – c. 1697)
      • Yaqui Wars (1533–1929)
      • Apache Wars (c. 1541 – 1924)
        • Apache–Mexico Wars (c. 1541 – 1924)
      • Chichimeca war (1550–1590)
      • Acoma massacre (1599)
      • Acaxee Rebellion (1601–1607)
      • Tepehuán Revolt (1616–1620)
      • Navajo Wars (c. 1641 – 1864)
• European wars of religion (c. 1522 – c. 1714)
  • Eighty Years' War (1568–1648)
    • Anglo-Spanish war (1585–1604)
      • Raid on Tabasco (1599)

• European colonization of the Americas (c. 1003 – c. 1945)
  • Spanish colonization of the Americas (c. 1492 – c. 1898)
    • Spanish conquest of Mexico (c. 1502 – c. 1550)
      • Spanish conquest of the Maya (c. 1502 – c. 1704)
      • Apache wars (c. 1541 – 1924)
        • Apache–Mexico wars (c. 1541 – 1924)
          • First Magdalena Massacre (1757)
          • Second Magdalena massacre (1776)
      • Navajo wars (c. 1641 – 1864)
      • Tzeltal rebellion (1712)

• Spanish American wars of independence (1808–1833)
  • Mexican War of Independence (1810–1821)
    • First stage (1810–1811)
      • Battle of Monte de las Cruces (1810)
      • Battle of Calderón Bridge (1811)
    • Organizational phase (1810–1815)
      • Battle of El Veladero (1810–1811)
      • Battle of Puerto de Piñones (1811)
      • Battle of Zacatecas (1811)
      • Battle of El Maguey (1811)
      • Battle of Llanos de Santa Juana (1811)
      • Battle of Zitácuaro (1812)
      • Battle of Tecualoya (1812)
      • Battle of Tenancingo (1812)
      • Siege of Cuautla (1812)
      • Battle of Izúcar (1812)
      • Siege of Huajuapan de León (1812)
      • Battle of Tenango del Valle (1812)
      • Battle of Escamela (1812)
      • Battle of Zitlala (1812)
      • Capture of Orizaba (1812)
      • Capture of Oaxaca (1812)

• Spanish American wars of independence (1808–1833)
  • Mexican War of Independence (1810–1821)
    • Organizational phase (1811–1815)
      • Battle of Rosillo Creek (1813)
      • Siege of Acapulco (1813)
      • Battle of La Chincúa (1813)
      • Battle of Alazan Creek (1813)
      • Battle of Medina (1813)
      • Battle of Lomas de Santa María (1813)
      • Battle of Puruarán (1814)
      • Battle of Temalaca (1815)
    • Resistance and consummation phases (1815–1821)
      • Battle of Agua Zarca (1819)

• Spanish American wars of independence (1808–1833)
  • Mexican War of Independence (1810–1821)
    • Resistance and consummation phases (1815–1821)
      • Battle of Azcapotzalco (1821)

• Casa Mata Plan Revolution (1822–1823)
  • Battle of Almolonga (1823)

• Spanish attempts to reconquer Mexico (1821–1829)
  • Battle of Mariel (1828)

• Rebellion of Oaxaca (1823)
• Rebellion of Guadalajara (1823)
• Rebellion of Puebla (1823)
• Revolt of Querétaro (1823)

• Spanish attempts to reconquer Mexico (1821–1829)
  • Battle of Tampico (1829–1829)

• Comanche-Mexico Wars (1821–1870)

• Mexican Federalist War (1835–1840)
  • Zacatecas rebellion (1835)
    • Battle of Zacatecas (1835)

• Mexican Federalist War (1835–1840)
  • Mexican conflicts with Texas (1835–1836)
    • Texas Revolution (1835–1836)
      • Battle of Gonzales (1835)
      • Battle of Goliad (1835)
      • Battle of Concepción (1835)
      • Grass Fight (1835)
      • Siege of Béxar (1835)
      • Battle of San Patricio (1836)
      • Battle of the Alamo (1836)
      • Battle of Agua Dulce (1836)
      • Battle of Refugio (1836)
      • Battle of Coleto (1836)
      • Battle of San Jacinto (1836)
      • Battle of Matamoros (1836)
      • Battle of Salado Creek (1842)
    • Texan Santa Fe Expedition (1841–1842)
  • Battle of Acajete (1839)
  • Siege of Tampico (1839)
  • Battle of Alcantra (1839)
    • Rebellion of the Republic of the Rio Grande
      • Battle of Santa Rita de Morelos (1840)
      • Battle of Saltillo (1840)
• First Franco-Mexican War (1838–1839)
  • Battle of Veracruz (1838)
• Mier expedition (1842–1843)
• Naval Battle of Campeche (1843–1843)

• Mexican–American War (1846–1848)
  • Northern Mexican Theater (1846–1848)
    • Battle of Monterrey (1846)
  • Mexico City Campaign (1846–1848)
    • Blockade of Veracruz (1846–1848)

• Mexican–American War (1846–1848)
  • Northern Mexican Theater (1846–1848)
    • Battle of Buena Vista (1847)
    • Battle of the Sacramento River (1847)
    • Battle of Santa Cruz de Rosales (1848)
  • Mexico City Campaign (1846–1848)
    • Blockade of Veracruz (1846–1848)
    • Revolt of the Polkos (1847)
    • Siege of Veracruz (1847)
    • Battle of Cerro Gordo (1847)
    • Battle of Contreras (1847)
    • Battle of Churubusco (1847)
    • Battle for Mexico City (1847)
      • Battle of Molino del Rey (1847)
      • Battle of Chapultepec (1847)
    • Siege of Puebla (1847)
    • Battle of Huamantla (1847)
    • Action of Atlixco (1847)
    • Skirmish at Matamoros (1847)
    • Affair at Galaxara Pass (1847)
    • Action of Sequalteplan (1848)
  • Pacific Coast Campaign (1847–1848)
    • Battle of Mulegé (1847)
    • Bombardment of Guaymas (1847)
    • Bombardment of Punta Sombrero (1847)
    • Battle of La Paz (1847)
    • Battle of San José del Cabo (1847)
    • Siege of La Paz (1847)
    • Siege of San José del Cabo (1848)
    • Skirmish of Todos Santos (1848)

• Zacatecas rebellion (1835)
• Caste War of Yucatán (1847 – c. 1933)

• Expedition of William Walker to Baja California and Sonora (1853–1854)

• Revolution of Ayutla (1854–1855)

• Cortina Troubles (1859–1861)
  • Battle of La Ebonal (1859)
  • Battle of Rio Grande City (1859)

• Mexican Civil Wars (c. 1857 – Present)
  • Reform War (1857—1860)
    • Crabb massacre (1857)
    • Battle of Celaya (1858)
    • Battle of Salamanca (1858)
    • Battle of Atenquique (1858)
    • Battle of La Albarrada (1858)
    • Battle of Ixtlahuaca (1858)
    • Battle of Ahualulco (1858)
    • Battle of Guadalajara (1858)
    • Battle of San Joaquín (1858)

• Second Franco-Mexican War (1861–1867)
  • Battle of Fortín (1862)
  • Battle of Las Cumbres (1862)
  • Battle of Atlixco (1862)
  • Battle of Puebla (1862)
  • Battle of Acapulco (1863)

• Second Franco-Mexican War (1861–1867)
  • Battle of San Juan Bautista (1864)
  • Capture of Mazatlán (1864)
  • Capture of Monterrey (1864)
  • Battle of San Pedro (1864)
  • Battle of la Loma (1865)
  • Capture of Chihuahua (1865)
  • Battle of Miahuatlán (1866)
  • Battle of La Carbonera (1866)
  • Battle of Guayabo (1866)
  • Third Battle of Puebla (1867)
  • Siege of Querétaro (1867)
  • Siege of Mexico City (1867)

• Las Cuevas War (1875)
• Battle of Tecoac (1876)

• Spanish colonization of the Americas (c. 1492 – c. 1898 CE)
  • Mexican-Indian Wars (c. 1533 CE – Present)
    • Yaqui Wars (1533–1929)
      • Yaqui Uprising (1896)
      • Battle of Mazocoba (1900)
    • Apache Wars (c. 1541 – 1924 CE)
      • Apache–Mexico Wars (c. 1541 – 1924)
        • Post-1887 Apache Wars period (1887–1924)
          • Apache campaign (1896)
    • Victorio's War (1879–1880)
    • Geronimo's War (1886–1887)
      • Crawford affair (1886)
• Garza Revolution (1891–1893)

• Mexican Revolution (1910–1921)
  • Magonista campaign in Baja California (1911)
    • Capture of Mexicali (1911)
    • First Battle of Tijuana (1911)
    • Second Battle of Tijuana (1911)
  • Battle of Casas Grandes (1911)
  • First Battle of Agua Prieta (1911)
  • Battle of Cuautla (1911)
  • First Battle of Rellano (1912)
  • Second Battle of Rellano (1912)

• Mexican Revolution (1910–1921)
  • Naval operations of the Mexican Revolution (1914)
    • First Battle of Topolobampo (1914)
    • Second Battle of Topolobampo (1914)
    • Third Battle of Topolobampo (1914)
    • Action of 9 April 1914
    • Fourth Battle of Topolobampo (1914)
  • Ten Tragic Days (1913)
  • First Battle of Nogales (1913)
  • Battle of Naco (1913)
  • First Battle of Torreón (1913)
  • Second Battle of Ciudad Juárez (1913)
  • Battle of Tierra Blanca (1913)
  • Battle of Ojinaga (1914)
  • Second Battle of Torreón (1914)
  • Battle of Zacatecas (1914)

• Mexican Revolution (1910–1921)
  • Battle of Celaya (1915)
  • Second Battle of Agua Prieta (1915)
  • Third Battle of Torreón (1916)
  • Third Battle of Ciudad Juarez (1919)
• First World War (1914–1918)
  • Banana Wars (1898–1934)
    • Mexican–American wars (c. 1845 – c. 1977)
      • Rio Grande border disputes (c. 1845 – c. 1977)
        • Río Rico (c. 1845 – c. 1977)
        • Chamizal dispute (c. 1848 – c. 1967)
        • Country Club Dispute (c. 1850 – c. 1927)
        • Ojinaga Cut (c. 1970)
      • United States involvement in the Mexican Revolution (1910–1919)
        • Tampico Affair (1914)
        • Ypiranga incident (1914)
        • Mexican Border War (1910–1919)
          • First Battle of Agua Prieta (1911)
          • First Battle of Ciudad Juárez (1911)
          • Second Battle of Nogales (1915)
          • United States occupation of Veracruz (1914)
          • Pancho Villa Expedition (1916–1917)
            • Battle of Parral (1916)
            • Battle of Carrizal (1916)
          • Zimmermann Telegram (1917)
          • Battle of Ambos Nogales (1918)

• Cristero War (1926–1929)
  • Battle of San Julián (1927)

• Cristero War (1926–1929)
  • Battle of Tepatitlán (1929)
• Escobar Rebellion (1929)
  • Siege of Naco (1929)
  • Bombing of Naco (1929)
  • Johnson's Ranch Raid (1929)

• Saturnino Cedillo rebellion (1938–1939)

• Second World War (1939–1945)
  • Sinking of SS Faja de Oro (1942)

• Mexico–Guatemala conflict (1958–1959)
• Cold War (1947–1991)
  • Mexican Dirty War (1959–2000)
    • Protests of 1968 (1968–1969)
      • Mexican Movement (1968–1968)
        • Tlatelolco massacre (1968)
    • El Halconazo (1971)

• Chiapas conflict (1994–2014)
  • Zapatista Uprising (1994–2006)
    • Zapatista uprising (1994)
    • Zapatista crisis (1995)
    • The Other Campaign (2005–2006)
  • Acteal massacre (1997)

• War on drugs (1969 – Present)
  • Mexican drug war (2006 – Present)
    • Operation Michoacán (2006 – Present)
    • Operation Baja California (2007 – Present)
    • Joint Operation Nuevo León-Tamaulipas (2007 – Present)
      • Nuevo León mass graves (2010)
      • San Fernando massacre (2010)
      • Shootout at Matamoros (2010)
      • San Fernando massacre (2011)
      • Monterrey casino attack (2011)
    • Operation Sinaloa (2008 – Present)
    • Operation Chihuahua (2008 – Present)
    • Operation Quintana Roo (2009 – Present)
    • Coahuila mass graves (2011)
    • Operación Lince Norte (2011)
    • Operación Escorpión (2011)
• Mexican Indignados Movement (2011 – Present)
• Mexican protests (2017)