Oaxaca Protest Photos

Protesters push a car to form a barricade in front of the Mexican federal police officer near Oaxaca University Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006, in Mexico. The protesters are demanding the resignation of Oaxaca Gov. Ulises Ruiz, whom they accuse of rigging the 2004 election to win office and organizing bands of thugs to attack dissidents. (AP Photo/Pablo Spencer)

A Mexican federal police officer throws water and pepper gas at protesters outside Oaxaca University Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006, in Mexico. The protesters are demanding the resignation of Oaxaca Gov. Ulises Ruiz, whom they accuse of rigging the 2004 election to win office and organizing bands of thugs to attack dissidents. (AP Photo/Pablo Spencer)

Protesters throws stones to Mexican federal police officer near Oaxaca University Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006, in Mexico. The protesters are demanding the resignation of Oaxaca Gov. Ulises Ruiz, whom they accuse of rigging the 2004 election to win office and organizing bands of thugs to attack dissidents. (AP Photo/Luis Alberto Cruz)

Mexican photographer David Jaramillo, who was injured during the clash, is taken to the hospital by Mexican federal police officers near Oaxaca University Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006, in Mexico. The protesters are demanding the resignation of Oaxaca Gov. Ulises Ruiz, whom they accuse of rigging the 2004 election to win office and organizing bands of thugs to attack dissidents. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

Protesters throw stones at Mexican federal police officers as they are sprayed with water mixed with pepper gas next to a university in Oaxaca, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006, in Mexico. The protesters are demanding the resignation of Oaxaca Gov. Ulises Ruiz, whom they accuse of rigging the 2004 election to win office and organizing bands of thugs to attack dissidents. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

Federal police officers clashes with protesters near Oaxaca's University, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006, in Mexico. The protesters are demanding the resignation of Oaxaca Gov. Ulises Ruiz, whom they accuse of rigging the 2004 election to win office and organizing bands of thugs to attack dissidents. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

Women form a human chain to stop Mexican federal police officers from entering Oaxacas University Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006, in Mexico. The protesters are demanding the resignation of Oaxaca Gov. Ulises Ruiz, whom they accuse of rigging the 2004 election to win office and organizing bands of thugs to attack dissidents. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

Mexican federal police officers shoot tear gas towards protesters inside Oaxaca's University Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006, in Mexico. The protesters are demanding the resignation of Oaxaca Gov. Ulises Ruiz, whom they accuse of rigging the 2004 election to win office and organizing bands of thugs to attack dissidents. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

Federal police officers sit and rest at Oaxaca's Zocalo, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006, in Oaxaca, Mexico. Protesters mourned their dead and vowed not to give up their campaign to oust Oaxaca state's governor, while residents tried to recover some normality in this embattled city that depends mainly on tourism. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

A Mexican federal police officer chases a protester as they enter onto at Brendamiel protesters barricade outskirts Oaxaca City Nov. 1, 2006, in Mexico. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

A protester is detained by Mexican federal police officers during an operation in Brendamiel on the outskirts of Oaxaca City Wednesday Nov. 1, 2006, in Mexico, during Day of the Dead celebrations. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

Residents of Brendamiel cheer the Mexican federal police officers as they enter onto at protesters barricade outskirts Oaxaca City Nov. 1, 2006, in Mexico. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

A Zapatista rebel holds a sign reading "Get Out Ulises!" as a group blocks the road to San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006. In support of the protesters in Oaxaca calling for the removal of Gov. Ulisis Ruiz, members of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) descended from the Chiapas highlands to set up road blocks on four major roads leading to San Cristobal de las Casas, cutting off access to this colonial city. (AP Photo/Tim Russo)

Relatives and family carry the coffin of Alberto Lopez during a funeral in San Pablo Etla state of Oaxaca on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006, in Mexico. Lopez dead when a teargas canister hit his chest, last Sunday. In a sign that tensions had diminished somewhat, columns of federal police Tuesday morning began allowing residents and business owners to pass through the city's central square, or Zocalo, which had been the protesters' center of operations since May. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)