Protesters turn Mexican university into stronghold in Oaxaca rebellion

by E Wayne Ross on November 4, 2006

USA Today: Protesters turn Mexican university into stronghold in Oaxaca rebellion

Masked men patrol the gates, armed with bats and gasoline bombs, and barbed wire and booby traps defile the campus lawns. Since protesters took over the state university in Mexico’s besieged Oaxaca City, there have been no classes, only talk of revolution.

The university of 30,000 students has become a stronghold for leftists trying to oust the Oaxaca state governor in a five-month-old conflict that has left at least nine people dead.