October 2nd-November 1st: Oaxaca- An Overview.

international | crime and justice | news report

Wednesday November 01, 2006 10:59

by C Murray

Reporting the Oaxacan Situation on IMC.

Nancy Davis based in Oaxaca and writer with Narco News Reported on October the Second
2006, that an attack on the popular revolution in Oaxaca was imminent. The APPO asked for
international solidarity. 5000 men were reported heavily armed, wearing soldier uniforms.
Davis said that they were PRI , Police culled from Neighbouring states and it was not a
Federale OP. There were reports of Naval Helicopters.
The Operation was code-named : Operation Cicloncinco

http://indymedia.ie/article/78757

The attack on the APPO: La Assembla Popular de Pueblos de Oaxaca began at 10pm
Local Time :(The Links to the on line radio service of the APPO are at the Nancy Davis
link http://www.indymedia.ie/article/78757)

The Popular Uprising had begun with a teachers demonstration for fair pay , but had
spread quickly into a democracy movement. Many people were injured in the vicious put
downs, but little news reached Ireland. There were a few photo essays and appeals
for help in publicising the issue. The APPO used a communication medium
called Radio Universidad which was based on the Oaxacan campus, it was attacked
and the service is off and on at the moment.

After nearly four weeks of heavy fighting, protestors claim that 16 people have been
murdered by the PRI/Federales forces including: APPO members, a member of the
IMC/Indymedia Community , a Photographer was injured and unamed protestors
targeted by the PRI operation.
The Guardian report that the PRI/Federale forces : http://www.guardian.co.uk, under
Ruiz's control have taken back the Town Square and destroyed the communicatons of the
Popular Uprising.

Reported Deaths:

Brad Will: (IndymediaNYC),http://nyc.indymedia.org/or/2006/10/77777.html.
APPO: Roberto Lopez Hernadez and Nurse Jorge Alberto Beltran http://www.indymedia.ie/article/79351

The NYC site offered a solidarity campign for the people of Oaxaca and a list
for sympathy and solidarity statements from the global iMC community:
The NYC Statement is at : http://www.indymedia.org/or/2006/10/849515.shtml
The solidarity and commerorative service for Will was attacked by the NYC police
and 12 were arrested including Reuters/Indymedia photographer Erin Siegel:
Siegel:http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2006/11/78370.html :Appeal for Evidence

From the Second of October until the death of someone from our community,
very little was reported on the situation at Oaxaca-obit(http://www.indymedia.ie/article/79365
and Fiachra o Luain, who published here: http://www.indymedia.ie/article/79336)

Operation Cicloncinco has not concluded yet , but the outstanding issues are these:

*The communications media/personnel were direct targets of the US Sponsored
PRI/Federale Put-down.

*The APPO was targetted, the leaders taken out.

*The Radio was targetted on the University Campus.

*The Solidarity Protest at the Mexican Consulate was targetted, the camera equipment
of A woman Journalist was confiscated and she was assaulted.

= The War on the APPO was one of isolation and the independent Media was
a target of the Forces there, both locally and in the wider movement.