Just a couple weeks ago, we had a smartass from Mexico here at Cobb threatening to blow up American buildings. I told him, in so many words, that he needed to check his home country and leave me to checking mine. I'd like to cash in some prophet-ability chips now. Oaxaca is burning.
Federal forces moved to take back this picturesque tourist town one cobblestone street at a time on Sunday, bashing through barricades and pushing back activists who had seized the downtown five months ago in an increasingly ugly dispute with the state governor.
Police officers wearing riot gear and carrying shields were backed by water cannons, police helicopters and heavily armed soldiers as they marched from all directions toward Oaxaca’s main square, the Zócalo, which used to draw tourists but in recent months has been a giant encampment for an array of groups intent on toppling Ulises Ruiz, the governor of Oaxaca State.
The police, estimated to number in the thousands, met resistance in some areas. Demonstrators clutching rocks and sticks tried to stop them. Buses shuttling police officers to the center of town were pelted with stones, and bonfires in the middle of streets sent huge plumes of smoke into the sky.
When police descend on a city, numbering in the thousands something is radically wrong, and this is the kind of thing Americans need to keep in mind when talking about our border. There are some seriously wrong things going on in Mexico and we need to keep our eyes open to them.
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