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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | October 2006 
Teacher Shot Dead in Mexico's Troubled Oaxaca City
 Reuters
| | Policemen escort a man, who was apprehended and accused of theft and rape by supporters of the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca (APPO), in Oaxaca City, October 18, 2006. (Daniel Aguilar/Reuters) |
Unknown gunmen shot a man dead in the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca on Wednesday in the latest attack on protesters demanding the ouster of state Gov. Ulises Ruiz.
Demonstrators' spokesman Florentino Lopez said the man, a teacher, was hit by three bullets in a drive-by shooting as he left a meeting in the city, a popular tourist destination which has been paralyzed by the protests.
Eight people have now been killed in the conflict that began almost five months ago when striking teachers and leftist activists occupied much of the colonial city, blocking hundreds of streets.
They say Ruiz, from the Institutional Revolutionary Party, is authoritarian and should step down for using heavy handed tactics to try to break a teachers' strike.
But a Senate commission meeting in Mexico City on Wednesday backed the governor, ruling he should not be fired for mishandling the crisis. A full meeting of the Senate is to vote on Thursday on whether Ruiz should go.
President Vicente Fox has vowed to end the conflict before he leaves office on December 1. but federal senators trying to find a solution held their third day of talks on Wednesday in Mexico City with little progress. |
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