Struggle in Oaxaca at the begining of the Guelaguetza

written by la rabiosa radio (www.larabiosaradio.org)

monday, July 16th 2007



saturday 14th July: Accomplishing the agreement of Guelaguetza celebration, the people of Oaxaca and the teacher's Union began on July 14th with a gathering in Oaxaca's zocalo. The next day, (sunday) they performed La Calenda, whit at least 20 thousand people. Before, on July 13th, there was a succesful march which was convocated by Oaxaca's Suburbs Popular Assambly (Asamblea Popular de Colonias de Oaxaca). During all these events it was shouted :¡Everybody to the Fortín's hill (where the official-government Guelaguetza takes place) on monday 16th!

since July 15th: the highway to the Fortín'hill was blocked by police searching the cars that had more than 3 people.

July 16th since 8hrs, there was a lot of people at the zocalo and they didn't stop comming. At 10:30hrs, the march began to Fortín's hill. One hour later they arrived shouting out loud ¡URO, culero, tu caerás primero! (URO asshol, you'll fall first)

At 11:35 there was the first struggle, rocks and sticks against tear gas and police shields.

At 11:45 the police blocked the university students, but part of them were able to get into the auditorium to the official Guelaguetza, we fear for their health. Wounded are reported all ready. It's 12hrs. And the struggle continues. The captured are brutally beatted up.

At 12:30 and until 14hrs the struggle continues now whit the difference that the police is reforced with tear gas and federal police (PFP) and on the other side, the people resisting were diminishing, because the teacher's leaders Union (of section XXII) had began the popular Guelaguetza at the Dance Square where the concentration of people was larger.

5 buses were burned. the people comming to reforce the resistance was beated up and forced to retry, the APPO's leader Florentino López declared that the plan was to go on a march to the Guelaguetza auditorium, and then go to the Dance Square where the popular guelaguetza was meant to take place. This was at 13:15hrs when at last the news of struggle was trasmited on hide, the houses around there were atacked by the police. The police got into a hotel Fortín Plaza, looking, getting and beatting up people that were trying to protect them selves inside the building, the police burned up part of the hotel.

SOLIDARITY URGEnTS!

More information: http://cml.vientos.info, oaxacaenpiedelucha.blogspot.com.

Data from Radio Disturbio:

1 dead by the impact of the tear gas bomb on his back his name Raimundo Torres, confirmed.

62 captured (45 at Fortín's hill)

6 badly wounded (3 at private hospital, 3 at General hospital; one of them wounded by the impact of the tear gas bomb on the stomach)

45 not so bad wounded

Also confirmed that our partner wounded on the stomach Emeterio Cruz Vásquez passed away, due to an internal burst. Information taken from indymex .

List of the Coustodied

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written by Press in Noticias

1.- Roberto Carlos Avendaño Ruiz, 20 años

2.- Melquicedec Pérez Reyes, 19 años

3.- Joaquín Vicente Cruz, 62 años

4.- Juan Manuel Ríos Orozco, 16 años

5.- Eduardo García Hernández, 27 años

6.- Mario Enríquez Martínez, 50 años

7.- Eliel González Luna, 55 años

8.- Héctor Emanuel Cruz Gómez, 22 años

9.- Fernando Victoriano Benítez, 15 años

10.- Jorge Luis Esperón Cortés 36 años

11.- Jesús Aurelio Flores Flores, 32 años

12.- Eloy Antonio Santiago, 67 años

13.- Luciano Victoriano Benítez, 25 años

14.- Rodrigo Moreno Galindo, 17 años

15.- María Guadalupe Sibaja Ortiz, 20 años

16.- Silvia Gabriela Hernández Salinas, 24 años

17.- Belén Areli Hernández Juárez, 20 años

18.- Isabel Martínez Hernández, 19 años

19.- Mario Javier López Herrera, 19 años

20.- René Gómez Ruiz, 23 años

21.- Juan Diego García López, 22 años

22.- Olivo Martínez Sánchez 26 años

23.- Javier Abimael Luis García 15 años

24.- Carlos Hernández López, 17 años

25.- Eleazar Abel Núñez Peña, 26 años

26.- José Francisco García Martínez 20 años

27.- Eduardo Albino Piñón González

28.- Manuel Morales Guamatzi

29.- Francisco Javier Ruiz Pérez, 41 años

30.- Julio Alberto Ortiz López, 39 años

31.- Gonzalo González López, 21 años

32.- Ramiro Díaz García, 29 años

33.- Rodrigo Martínez Antonio, 15 años

34.- Raúl Genaro Hernández López, 49 años

35.- Leonardo Santiago Vásquez, 49 años

36.- Edgar Francisco Ortega Cruz, 21 años

37.- Jorge Luis Martínez, 49 años

38.- Emeterio Merino Cruz ,51 años

39.- Edilbeto Yescas Aguilar

40.- Pablo Pérez Hernández 22 años

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