Post by Okwes on Dec 21, 2006 12:48:12 GMT -5
Oaxaca's Popular Movement Suffers Yet Another Brutal Day
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photos: APPO and PFP battle in Oaxaca After March
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November 25th, 2006 - Radio Zapote writes: Today, after the seventh
megamarch in Oaxaca, members of the APPO attempted to form a human
fence around the federal preventative police (PFP), but were attacked
with gas. This unleashed a series of clashes with violence again
igniting in the city. Many have been arrested and there are reports of
many wounded, some by gunfire. It is confirmed that three people were
killed.
The march unfolded in a festive atmosphere until it reached Oaxaca's
downtown. There began the attempt to form a human fence around the PFP
forces in Oaxaca's zocalo. Groups of PRI members started provoking the
demonstraters with insults and shooting slingshots with marbles. Later,
the PFP began using tear gas to disperse the people. People started to
withdraw, but police kept moving forward and then began the riot. While
shooting off tear gas, police kept charging on. People tried to resist
in a peaceful way, but couldn't stand up against the tear gas. The
people began to defend themselves with rockets, homemade bombs and
stones.
The situation became very tense toward the area north of downtown where
the police attempted to surround the protesters. At some point, the PFP
entered Santo Domingo, which is occupied by an APPO encampment, and
then set fire to the camp. Many fires started throughout the city,
which were set by saboteurs. A bus near the University City, a door of
the Hotel Camino Real and then the legislative palace and external
relationships buildings were all set aflame.
The police started using gunfire and also shot gas cans at the
protestors. This practice has killed people before in Oaxaca on Nov. 2
and in other places like Atenco. Radio Universidad made a general call
to withdraw and to get off the streets. Three people were shot by
police from two pickup trucks using heavy gunfire near the College of
Medicine. Reports indicate more than one hundred shots heard. The
killers took two of the bodies and left the third one lying at the
spot.
Near a place known as El Pochote, a big group of people were surrounded
by the police. Also in the streets of Fiallo y Colón, a big number of
teachers and workers of the health department were detained and removed
in two buses. To the north of downtown, several reports indicate that
there were massive arrests of up to thirty people who were sprayed with
gas after being detained. In a place called El Fortin, witnesses report
how police were beating up and torturing detained ones before moving
them from the spot aboard pickup trucks. Radio Universidad keeps
transmitting and making announcements and denunciations.
The pacific mobilization received an attack from the federal police
with gases and gunfire. Then protesters faced a wave of represion by
armed police officers and paramilitary which resulted in the deaths of
three people, many injured individuals, more than 60 detained
protesters and innocent bystanders and an unknown number of disappeared
people. The numbers are increasing because violence has not ceased in
the streets of Oaxaca.
People caught on the streets are looking for safe places to hide as the
night promises more terror. Radio Universidad is asking its listeners
to open their doors and allow people to hide. Now the PFP is entering
people's homes to ransack them and search for protesters. The APPO has
made a plea for all national and international organizations in
solidarity with the Oaxaca struggle to protest where they can against
the brutality of the Mexican federal government in its support of
Ulises Ruiz.
elenemigocomun.net/548
photos: APPO and PFP battle in Oaxaca After March
nyc.indymedia.org/en/2006/11/79912.html
November 25th, 2006 - Radio Zapote writes: Today, after the seventh
megamarch in Oaxaca, members of the APPO attempted to form a human
fence around the federal preventative police (PFP), but were attacked
with gas. This unleashed a series of clashes with violence again
igniting in the city. Many have been arrested and there are reports of
many wounded, some by gunfire. It is confirmed that three people were
killed.
The march unfolded in a festive atmosphere until it reached Oaxaca's
downtown. There began the attempt to form a human fence around the PFP
forces in Oaxaca's zocalo. Groups of PRI members started provoking the
demonstraters with insults and shooting slingshots with marbles. Later,
the PFP began using tear gas to disperse the people. People started to
withdraw, but police kept moving forward and then began the riot. While
shooting off tear gas, police kept charging on. People tried to resist
in a peaceful way, but couldn't stand up against the tear gas. The
people began to defend themselves with rockets, homemade bombs and
stones.
The situation became very tense toward the area north of downtown where
the police attempted to surround the protesters. At some point, the PFP
entered Santo Domingo, which is occupied by an APPO encampment, and
then set fire to the camp. Many fires started throughout the city,
which were set by saboteurs. A bus near the University City, a door of
the Hotel Camino Real and then the legislative palace and external
relationships buildings were all set aflame.
The police started using gunfire and also shot gas cans at the
protestors. This practice has killed people before in Oaxaca on Nov. 2
and in other places like Atenco. Radio Universidad made a general call
to withdraw and to get off the streets. Three people were shot by
police from two pickup trucks using heavy gunfire near the College of
Medicine. Reports indicate more than one hundred shots heard. The
killers took two of the bodies and left the third one lying at the
spot.
Near a place known as El Pochote, a big group of people were surrounded
by the police. Also in the streets of Fiallo y Colón, a big number of
teachers and workers of the health department were detained and removed
in two buses. To the north of downtown, several reports indicate that
there were massive arrests of up to thirty people who were sprayed with
gas after being detained. In a place called El Fortin, witnesses report
how police were beating up and torturing detained ones before moving
them from the spot aboard pickup trucks. Radio Universidad keeps
transmitting and making announcements and denunciations.
The pacific mobilization received an attack from the federal police
with gases and gunfire. Then protesters faced a wave of represion by
armed police officers and paramilitary which resulted in the deaths of
three people, many injured individuals, more than 60 detained
protesters and innocent bystanders and an unknown number of disappeared
people. The numbers are increasing because violence has not ceased in
the streets of Oaxaca.
People caught on the streets are looking for safe places to hide as the
night promises more terror. Radio Universidad is asking its listeners
to open their doors and allow people to hide. Now the PFP is entering
people's homes to ransack them and search for protesters. The APPO has
made a plea for all national and international organizations in
solidarity with the Oaxaca struggle to protest where they can against
the brutality of the Mexican federal government in its support of
Ulises Ruiz.