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Photos and Short Update from Oaxaca, November 6th: Women's march

10,000 women marched from the outskirts of Oaxaca to the central square today, carrying flowers and wearing black in honor of all who have been murdered and disappeared. After reaching and marching around the zocalo where the Federal Police (PFP) have been stationed for a week, the women threw flowers and screamed "Asesinos" at riot squad police. As old women were crying from emotion police fired from their water cannons and APPO supporters took aim at the PFP with their slingshots from roofs within police lines.
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The APPO women's march in Oaxaca was attacked by the Policía Federal Preventiva (PFP), and a total of 16 protesters were arrested in Oaxaca throughout the day, including eight people kidnapped off the street by agents in a white van, according to reports on APPO Radio.

Update | More Photos from the Barricades
 
 

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