Reply #22: ATTACK AT RADIO UNIVERSIDAD TONIGHT? [View All]

[Wiley50]

from OSAG

Greetings everyone,

I just left the university area, where all afternoon there have been rumors that the police had been gathering around the area and would be attacking probably at night.

These are rumors, and I will clearly indicate what I know for sure:
- They have arrest warrants for people at Radio Universidad (exactly who, I don't know)
- The people guarding Radio Universidad will fight to protect the radio, and they are preparing for a battle with molotovs, rockets, rocks. As far as I know they do not have any guns.
- According to some reports, people from the the Agencia Federal de Investigaciones (AFI) were coming to Oaxaca to be involved in the arrest of people at the Radio. I have heard that AFI is less accountable and more corrupt in their actions.
- The press conference planned for the Cinco Senores barricade was moved to the Radio Universidad area because of safety concerns (this is for sure)
- As we left Radio Universidad, just as darkness fell, we heard that the police had arrived at Cinco Senores.
- A friend in a taxi saw multiple pickup trucks filled with PFPs 2 blocks from the Cinco Senores barricade, heading in that direction.
- APPO is planning events for tomorrow, the details of which I do not know.

So, tonight there will probably be more fighting, though it seems like one never knows what will actually happen. As one of the folks at Radio Universidad said to me "In the life of politics, one day can be very long."

Take care all,
Eowyn