Oaxaca Protest Photos

A protester stands near a burning barricade in the city of Oaxaca, Mexico on Sunday Oct. 29, 2006. Federal police with assault rifles and riot-shields advanced into Oaxaca, pushing past barricades of burning tires and tree trunks in this normally picturesque tourist destination wracked by five months of protests and violence that began with a teachers protest demanding salary increases and later asking for the governor's resignation.(AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Protesters throw stones at federal security forces as they advance to take back control of the city of Oaxaca, Mexico on Sunday Oct. 29, 2006. Federal police with assault rifles and riot-shields advanced into Oaxaca, pushing past barricades of burning tires and tree trunks in this normally picturesque tourist destination wracked by five months of protests and violence that began with a teachers protest demanding salary increases and later asking for the governor's resignation.(AP Photo/Luis Alberto Cruz Hernandez)

A protester throws a stone as Mexican federal police advance into the city of Oaxaca, Mexico on Sunday Oct. 29, 2006. Federal police with assault rifles and riot-shields advanced into Oaxaca, pushing past barricades of burning tires and tree trunks in this normally picturesque tourist destination wracked by five months of protests and violence that began with a teachers protest demanding salary increases and later asking for the governor's resignation. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Mexican federal police on a truck armed with a water cannon push back protesters as they advance into the city of Oaxaca, Mexico on Sunday Oct. 29, 2006. Federal police with assault rifles and riot-shields advanced into Oaxaca, pushing past barricades of burning tires and tree trunks in this normally picturesque tourist destination wracked by five months of protests and violence that began with a teachers protest demanding salary increases and later asking for the governor's resignation. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

A protester throws a fire extinguisher at advancing federal police in the city of Oaxaca, Mexico on Sunday Oct. 29, 2006. Federal police with assault rifles and riot-shields advanced into Oaxaca, pushing past barricades of burning tires and tree trunks in this normally picturesque tourist destination wracked by five months of protests and violence that began with a teachers protest demanding salary increases and later asking for the governor's resignation. (AP Photo/Luis Alberto Cruz Hernandez)

Burning buses are seen at the entrance to the city of Oaxaca, Mexico on Sunday Oct. 29, 2006. Federal police with assault rifles and riot-shields advanced into Oaxaca, pushing past barricades of burning tires and tree trunks in this normally picturesque tourist destination wracked by five months of protests and violence that began with a teachers protest demanding salary increases and later asking for the governor's resignation. (AP Photo/Pablo Spencer)

Mexican federal police fire tear gas at protesters as they advance into the city of Oaxaca, Mexico on Sunday Oct. 29, 2006. Federal police with assault rifles and riot-shields advanced into Oaxaca, pushing past barricades of burning tires and tree trunks in this normally picturesque tourist destination wracked by five months of protests and violence that began with a teachers protest demanding salary increases and later asking for the governor's resignation.(AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

A protester holds up a flower as he stands in between a bulldozer and federal police in downtown Oaxaca, Mexico on Sunday Oct. 29, 2006. Federal police with assault rifles and riot-shields advanced into Oaxaca, pushing past barricades of burning tires and tree trunks in this normally picturesque tourist destination wracked by five months of protests and violence that began with a teachers protest demanding salary increases and later asking for the governor's resignation.(AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

Mexican federal police advance against protesters as they enter the city of Oaxaca, Mexico on Sunday Oct. 29, 2006. Federal police with assault rifles and riot-shields advanced into Oaxaca, pushing past barricades of burning tires and tree trunks in this normally picturesque tourist destination wracked by five months of protests and violence that began with a teachers protest demanding salary increases and later asking for the governor's resignation.(AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

A Mexican federal policeman douses a fire at a barricade set up by protesters as they enter the city of Oaxaca, Mexico on Sunday Oct. 29, 2006. Federal police with assault rifles and riot-shields advanced into Oaxaca, pushing past barricades of burning tires and tree trunks in this normally picturesque tourist destination wracked by five months of protests and violence that began with a teachers protest demanding salary increases and later asking for the governor's resignation.(AP Photo/Pablo Spencer)

Federal Police officers cover themselves with Popular Assembly`s (APPO) posters in Oaxaca`s downtown Sunday, Oct. 29, 2006, in Mexico. President Vicente Fox ordered federal police to intervene in this picturesque city torn by more than five months of protests and violence. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

A Federal Police officer removes posters left behind by the Popular Assembly (APPO) members in Oaxaca's main plaza Sunday, Oct. 29, 2006, in Mexico. President Vicente Fox ordered federal police to intervene in this picturesque city torn by more than five months of protests and violence. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)