[StJacques]

This is a followup to a thread I posted earlier today (please pay attention to my opening "Comments" for full details) on the complete takeover of Oaxaca by APPO leftists today, after the Oaxacan section of the teacher's union voted to end their strike and reopen the schools. I predicted earlier this week that if this happened then APPO would react violently and their seizure of the town, blockading of the roads, and the forced closure of businesses has evidently provoked a reaction in the absence of any real police power.

It is just a guess on my part, but I believe what we are seeing in these pictures are vigilante groups organized by local businessmen and PRI leaders who are responding to APPO's takeover with guns. It's anarchy, pure and simple.

[John Lenin]

Coming to the USA in the next 20 years. When you import too many third worlders at once it is impossible for them to assimilate because they don't have to, it will be us who will be expected to accommodate them. Socialism is a failed ideology and the leading cause why the West will be dead in the next 30 years.

[ex-Texan]

That foreign journalist killed in Oaxaca was Brad Will, New York Documentary Filmmaker and Indymedia Reporter. He was allegedly assassinated by a Mexican government supporter. View more reports and a photo slide show on this site. The violence in Oaxaca is linked to "civil unrest" by Vincente Fox. The locals point to corrupt local officials linked to the drug cartels.

This is the type of violence we are importing into America by our open border policy. Note that Bush signed the "Build a Fence" legislation. But there is no money allocated by Congress to build the fence.

[Tamzee]

It's anarchy, pure and simple.

Which is exactly what they have been trying to achieve. Note the circled A evident in much of their graffiti and propaganda...

I have been greatly appreciating your updates and detailed explanations on the activity there, and also have been following Mark for a while (you're right, he's a fantastic resource and right there on scene). He mentioned on another site that the teachers have largely dropped out of this "protest" and there are only approximately 10,000 teachers left in the union versus an original number of about 70,000. He said that this was mainly due from disgust at the violence and that organized outside thugs are now controlling the "teacher protest".

[OldCorps]

I wonder if the red shirts are worn by communist organizers to identify themselves as "ones who must be obeyed" to the unwashed proletariat. Any thoughts?

[El Gato]

That big guy in red shirt, who looks like a friend of mine from down that way (further south and east though), has a pretty nice looking M-1 Carbine, complete with bayonet lug and everything. Gee, I though military weapons were illegal for individuals to own in Mexico.... Oh wait, criminals and political thugs don't care. (By the description, these are probably PRI-ista thugs, who probably would have peed their pantalones if a few pimply faced draftees with H&K assault rifles (5.56 NATO) had showed up. Better yet, a less "well equipped" unit with H&K battle rifles (7.62 NATO). I know those kids made me nervous when I was down there about 10 years ago).

Given halfway decent first and a decent, not even good, hospital, no one should have died of a wound like that. Clearly no one knew what that aid might consist of, cause there's no evidence it was provided.

[sargon]

That cameraman’s wound location looks about as mortal as it gets...

[Kickass Conservative]

Sorry, but this just can’t be.

You can’t own a Gun in Mexico.

Must be one of those Wild West Constitutional Carry States.

[wardaddy]

Poor camera guy

Freelance photographer journalist selling pics

War zones are full of them

Took that shot in the worst place looks like

Center mass.....as in precise center mass

Never had a chance

Optics shot maybe

This is jut the sort of place yores truly might have been found 30 odd years ago.....I was always lucky...my middle name to many