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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | June 2007 
Thousands March in Mexico City of Oaxaca
 Associated Press
| | Demonstrators, carrying Mexican flags and banners, shout slogans during a march in Mexico City, Sunday, June 10, 2007. Hundreds of people marched through the Mexican capital on Sunday to mark the 36th anniversary of the killings of at least a dozen student protesters. The attack on June 10, 1971, known as the Corpus Christi massacre because the date coincided with the Christian festival, was carried out by a group of men apparently recruited by the government to break up a pro-democracy student demonstration. The banner reads in Spanish 'Freedom for political prisoners.' (AP/Eduardo Verdugo) |
Oaxaca, Mexico - Thousands of educators and leftist activists marched through Mexico's southern city of Oaxaca on Thursday to mark the first anniversary of a clash between police and striking teachers that set off months of political unrest.
Carrying photos of their jailed leaders and chanting "June 14 is not forgotten, nor forgiven!" the demonstrators marched to the central square of this colonial city — once the nerve center of their movement — and held a peaceful meeting.
On June 14, 2006, Oaxaca Gov. Ulises Ruiz sent police to dislodge striking teachers from the square. Enraged, the strikers retook the square and chased police out of most of the city.
They also set up roadblocks, and forced the cancellation of the state's popular Guelaguetza folk festival, scaring away much of the tourism on which the city depends. Federal police retook the city in late October, and some protest leaders were arrested on charges including property damage for the buildings and vehicles burned during the five months of unrest.
Protesters continue to demand the ouster of Ruiz, who they say used excessive force against protesters last year. |
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