Oaxaca Protest Photos

A supporter of the Popular Assembly of Oaxaca, APPO, holds a tube containing fireworks near the university in Oaxaca City Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006 in Mexico. Demonstrators plan to march Sunday from the university to police encampments in the center of the city as part of their five-month protest to oust the state's governor. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

[Fireworks are used to launch Molotov cocktails.]

A supporter of Popular Assembly of Oaxaca, APPO, holds a tube containing fireworks near the university in Oaxaca, Mexico, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006. Rickety buses and cars carrying leftists from across Mexico rolled into Oaxaca's university Saturday to join protesters preparing for a massive march to confront police. Demonstrators plan to march Sunday from the university to police encampments in the center of the city as part of their five-month protest to oust the state's governor. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

A protester confronts Mexican federal police officers as they guard Oaxaca's Zocalo Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006, in Mexico. Protests began in May with a strike by teachers demanding better pay and work conditions in one of Mexico's poorest states. When police violently broke up a demonstration in June, protesters expanded their demands to include Gov. Ulises Ruiz's resignation and were joined by leftists, Indian groups, students and others. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

A protester screams at Mexican federal police officers guarding Oaxaca's Zocalo Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006, in Mexico. Protests began in May with a strike by teachers demanding better pay and work conditions in one of Mexico's poorest states. When police violently broke up a demonstration in June, protesters expanded their demands to include Gov. Ulises Ruiz's resignation and were joined by leftists, Indian groups, students and others. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

A protester paints graffitti that reads in spanish "freedom to political prisoners" during a march in Oaxaca's downtown Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006, in Mexico. Protests began in May with a strike by teachers demanding better pay and work conditions in one of Mexico's poorest states. When police violently broke up a demonstration in June, protesters expanded their demands to include Gov. Ulises Ruiz's resignation and were joined by leftists, Indian groups, students and others. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

A protester confronts Mexican federal police officers as they guard Oaxaca's Zocalo Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006, in Mexico. Protests began in May with a strike by teachers demanding better pay and work conditions in one of Mexico's poorest states. When police violently broke up a demonstration in June, protesters expanded their demands to include Gov. Ulises Ruiz's resignation and were joined by leftists, Indian groups, students and others. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

People salvage parts of buses which were torched during the five months of conflict in Oaxaca City, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006 in Mexico. Demonstrators plan to march Sunday from the university to police encampments in the center of the city as part of their five-month protest to oust the state's governor. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Mexican federal police stand guard in downtown Oaxaca, Mexico on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006. Protests began in May with a strike by teachers demanding better pay and work conditions in one of Mexico's poorest states. When police violently broke up a demonstration in June, protesters expanded their demands to include Gov. Ulises Ruiz's resignation and were joined by leftists, Indian groups, students and others. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

A protester holds his bottle rocket launcher as he stands on the Oaxaca University campus Friday, Nov. 3, 2006, in Oaxaca, Mexico. The university is the last bastion for the protesters. 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 camp inside Oaxacas University Friday, Nov. 3, 2006, in Oaxaca, Mexico. The university is the last bastion for the protesters. 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 Army soldiers guard the entrance of the road from Mexico City to Oaxaca in Oaxaca City Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006 in Mexico. Demonstrators plan to march Sunday from the Oaxaca University to police encampments in the center of the city as part of their five-month protest to oust the state's governor. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Mexican federal police stand guard in downtown Oaxaca, Mexico on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006. Protests began in May with a strike by teachers demanding better pay and work conditions in one of Mexico's poorest states. When police violently broke up a demonstration in June, protesters expanded their demands to include Gov. Ulises Ruiz's resignation and were joined by leftists, Indian groups, students and others. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

A protester holding fireworks walks inside Oaxacas University Friday, Nov. 3, 2006, in Mexico. The University is the last bastion of the protesters. 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)

A protester walks in front of the Radio Universidad inside Oaxacas University Friday, Nov. 3, 2006, in Mexico. The protesters comunicate with their supporters trough Radio Universidad transmision. 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 watch TV at their camp inside Oaxacas University Friday, Nov. 3, 2006, in Oaxaca, Mexico. The university is the last bastion of the protesters. 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)

Protester rests in a classroom inside Oaxacas University Friday, Nov. 3, 2006, in Oaxaca, Mexico. The University is the last bastion for the protesters. 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)