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Movement of Naval Troops Reported in Salina Cruz [Oaxaca] Alberto Lopez El Universal (Mexico City) Sunday 1 October 2006 Juchitan, Oaxaca -- Neighbors of the port city of Salina Cruz and Huatulco [Oaxaca] reported "an unusual movement" of naval troops from the end of last week. "We have seen the arrival of planes, armored cars, and helicopters," said a source who asked to remain anonymous. Military sources confirmed the versions of witnesses, even though they clarified that the movement of troops corresponds with a program of combat practice which is regularly carried out in a joint form between Marines...

Helicopters Flying Over Oaxacan Encampments Due to the presence of Navy forces in the airspace of the zone where protestors of the teacher's union and APPO are located, a maximum alert is decreed; warning that a dislocating operation may be carried out tonight Jorge Octavio Ochoa/Correspondent El Universal Oaxaca City, Oaxaca Saturday 30 September 2006 5:00 p.m. At 4:30 p.m., two Navy helicopters flew through the airspace over the center of Oaxaca City; at 4:50 and 5:00 p.m. new overflights appeared, apparently in reconnaisance. From La Ley radio, the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca (APPO) called for...

Gunmen ambush, kill 26 in remote area in Mexico 06/02/2002 By DAVID SEDEÑO / The Dallas Morning News MEXICO CITY - Twenty-six people were killed during an ambush in a mountainous drug-trafficking area of Oaxaca after the truck they were riding in was attacked by gunmen, police said Saturday. The ambush occurred Friday evening near the village of Santiago Textitlán, about 50 miles southwest of Oaxaca City. There were conflicting reports about whether the ambush was part of a land dispute or a personal vendetta. State officials, including police, prosecutors and magistrates from Oaxaca City, were at the scene...