Oaxaca Solidarity

• An update as of December 20th
• My previous posts: Teaching and Learning in Oaxaca and Message to the Mexican Consulate
• Wednesday, December 20th, 2006: Oaxaca Protesters Describe Jail Beatings, Abuse by Police:
  

FMR. DETAINEE: [translated] The worst moment for me was the day they detained me. The teargas, the police. They tied me up. I didn't understand anything. I didn't know what was happening. All 21 days were terrible. I didn't know what the APPO was or the teachers’ union. I didn't know anything about them. Now, I am determined to join them, because the government made me suffer so much. I’ll join them to help get rid of the government, because I don't want this government anymore. They not only made me suffer, but also made my whole family suffer. I’ll work with the people who have been struggling, whatever the organization is, the APPO or whatever. I don’t want my grandchildren to suffer what I’ve suffered. I want to fight for the release of all the innocent women who are still in Nayarit. They are humble people who make fans to maintain their family. Some of them are barefoot. Many don’t even speak Spanish, only Mizteco.

JOHN GIBLER: For Democracy Now!, this is John Gibler reporting with Elizabeth Press in Oaxaca City.