In Oaxaca, Fox Opts for the Heavy Hand

Despite restraint on both the side of the APPO (coalition of social movements) and by the PFP (Federal Preventative Police),
the mere fact of invading the state with the goal of repressing a
popular movement made certain results inevitable. The people are
angrier than ever; lawless shooting and abductions on the part of the
Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) hired guns (possibly in
coordination with the PFP) have increased;
growing sections of the nation of Mexico, including the states of
Chihuahua, Sonora, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Michoacan, Veracruz, Guerrero
and Chiapas have declared common cause with Oaxaca; the Zapatista Otra Compaña
issued statements of support; foreign nations and cities including
France, Venezuela, Canada, Madrid, Barcelona, London, Italy, New York
and Los Angeles are condemning the Mexican government; and the popular
assembly movement has gained widespread recognition, more so when an
American Indymedia reporter was killed.