Interview - Flavio Sosa member of the Collective Direction of the APPO (tags)
The repression has been permanent, has talked nonsense against the main houses of the managing ones of the Appo, has made irruptions in several addresses. He is terrible, seems one black novel. Ulises Ruiz has made of the terror practical politics. It acts is through the police who using sicari. USA also of the judges in order to make to imprison activists with false imputations.
35th day of the occupation of Oaxaca by federal forces (tags)
December 1st, 2006
Brad Will: El Jardín de la Esperanza (tags)
Brad R. Will fue despedido por el pueblo de Oaxaca en pleno ataque de las fuerzas federales en contra de los maestros y la Asamblea Popular del Pueblo de Oaxaca.
Oaxaca Facing Imminent Attack (tags)
September 30, 2006 - The below is from Nancy Davies, who is based in Oaxaca and writes frequently on the situation there for Narco News. While the threat of a mass attack has seemed to always be in the air, the situation in recent days has really escalated. Now an attack seems imminent.
APPEAL FOR NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AID
The word I have now is that there are about 5,000 men wearing army uniforms who are not army, but police, culled from other states like Vercruz and Morelia, that is to say, this is a PRI operation, not the federal troops, altho I don't know how our source explains the "naval" helicopters (maybe not?). The "police" are heavily armed, and the attack is supposed to happen around 10:00 PM Oaxaca time. The attack, code name cicloncinco, was revealed by the same person who informed our friend that there would be a drive-by shooting last night, which came true.
Alerta en Oaxaca, inminente asalto militar, infórmate por los medios libres (tags)
Alerta roja por inminente asalto militar en Oaxaca, infórmate por los medios libres, comunitarios e independientes
Terror Continues in Oaxaca (tags)
Armed police caravaned about Oaxaca Tuesday morning shooting at protesters, leaving one teacher dead.
Oaxaca media under violent attack (tags)
Paramilitaries and police in Oaxaca have begun a violent campaign to shut down all media operations critical of the Ulises Ruis regime.
RED ALERT CALLED IN OAXACA (tags)
In these moments, - via radio broadcasts from the brave Oaxacan women who peacefully occupied the Channel 9 TV station last tuesday - APPO calls for a RED ALERT in order to reinforce all current blocking of local, state and federal government buildings and Channel 9 amidst the threat of intense police activity in the states capitol.