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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | April 2007 
New Guerrilla Group Formed to Fight Governor of Mexico's Oaxaca State
 Xinhua
A new guerrilla group formed on Tuesday to take up arms against southern Mexican state Oaxaca's governor Ulises Ruiz.
In a message published on the Internet, the Southern People's Revolutionary Brigade (BPRS) claimed its establishment and said it backed the Oaxacan People's Popular Assembly (APPO), a civilian organization formed after striking teachers occupied Oaxaca City, the state's capital, from May to October last year and demanded higher wages. It called for the resignation of Ruiz, who made a bloody attempt to evict striking teachers last June.
In late October 2006, the Mexican government ordered the police to evict the protesters and has since controlled the city center. However, clashes between the police and APPO protestors have left more than 20 people dead and resulted in huge losses for tourism, a major sources of income for the city.
The BPRS said that a "decadent political system" had forced it to turn to revolution and take up arms in a clandestine manner.
The group said that its main target was Ruiz, a member of the nation's third biggest party, the Institutional Revolution Party, accusing him of "ignominy and unheard-of barbarity".
In another development, APPO has announced that it will protest again on May 1, 2 and 15 to demand better living conditions and governance in the state, one of the poorest regions in Mexico. |
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