Mexican Police Accused of Killing 11 Striking Teachers in Oaxaca
Thursday, June 15th, 2006
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We turn now to Mexico where thousands of state security forces raided the southern city of Oaxaca early Wednesday to break up a peaceful teachers strike. According to witness reports, up to eleven people were killed in the raid. Two of the dead were reportedly children asphyxiated by massive amounts of tear gas fired from police helicopters. Up to one hundred people have been detained. The local radio station was shut down and four of its workers have allegedly disappeared. Several women have accused police of sexual assault. The state government in Oaxaca has denied all of these allegations. After the worst of the raid was over, the union retook Oaxaca's city center. This is a member of the teachers union speaking in Oaxaca yesterday.
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RUSH TRANSCRIPT
AMY GOODMAN: Can you tell us what you saw?
ALMA DELIA SANTOS: Well, yesterday morning around 4:00 is when it all started. Actually it was about 4:45. Cops came in with dogs. There were about 80 dogs just tearing everything up, coming in. A lot of the women got attacked by the dogs to begin with. After that, the cops came in, destroying everything, knocking everything down. A lot of the women were harassed by these cops. There were about 2,000 cops from the different corporations there, uniformed, and some of them were dressed as civilians.
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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/15/1411208
Teachers and Children Massacred By State Police In Oaxaca, Mexico
by Liberation News
Friday Jun 16th, 2006 8:23 AM
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/06/16/18280975.php
[LATEST FIGURE IS 8 ADULTS AND THREE CHILDREN]
I have not seen any reports in the US media, BBC etc. There is some information on indymedia's Mexico site, some more on the online version of Noticias de Oaxaca -- both in Spanish.
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http://www.noticias-oax.com.mx ) I know that the police have shut down the teachers' radio station 'Radio Planton' but as of 12:00 noon Oaxaca time the students' radio station 'Radio Universitario' was still broadcasting and "you can hear the broadcast from every window and door in town." The students themselves have occupied the university, but the latest reports suggest that the police are heading there now.
400,000 March In Oaxaca Against Government Oppression
Sun Jun 18 2006 (Modified on Mon Jun 19 2006)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/06/18/18281270.php
Oaxaca Near Meltdown Over Teacher Strike
More than Just an Educators’ Pay Dispute, the Conflict Is a Sign of Governor Ruiz’s Inability to Rule a State Fed Up with Repression and Corruption
By Nancy Davies
The Other Journalism with the Other Campaign in Oaxaca
June 7, 2006
http://www.narconews.com/Issue41/article1874.html