The Honduran War of Independence was a war fought in Honduras from 1991 to 1995. It was fought between the Honduran government, having declared independence from the Central American Union, and both the Mexican People's Army (MPA) and local Mexican forces in Honduras, who established the self-proclaimed Republic of Mexican Hondruia (RMH) within Honduras. At the beginning of the war, the MPA tried to forcefully keep Honduras in the Central American Union by occupying the whole of Honduras