Federal Police March On Oaxaca to Quell Violence
The Columbian (October 29, 2006)
Author: Rebeca Romero Associated Press Writer
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OAXACA, Mexico -- Shop owners shuttered their businesses and demonstrators built up street barricades Saturday after President Vicente Fox ordered federal police to intervene in this picturesque city torn by more than five months of protests and violence.
Fox, who leaves office Dec. 1, had denied repeated requests to use force in Oaxaca even as the southern city slid into chaos. But gun battles Friday that killed a U.S. journalist and at least two Mexicans apparently exhausted his patience.Federal Police March On Oaxaca to Quell Violence
Fox's Interior Department issued an ominous statement late Saturday demanding protest leaders "immediately hand over streets, plazas, public buildings and private property" so that federal authorities can "guarantee public order and adherence to the law, as well as preserve respect ...
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