Slideshow: Barricades and bullet casings in Nochixtlán, Oaxaca
All photos by Andalusia Knoll. Hear/read the accompanying radio report by Shannon Young here.
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- A protester shows ammunition that he says was found by this mechanic shop next to the barricades where police had been firing at protesters. (Photo credit: Andalusia Knoll)
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- One day after more than eight people were killed in Nochixtlán, the barricades continue with burned vehicles blocking passage. (Photo credit: Andalusia Knoll)
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- Teachers and parents gathered at barricade in Nochixtlan show evidence of police force and firearms used against them. (Photo credit: Andalusia Knoll)
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- The barricades glowed as two commercial chicken trucks burned into the night the day following the attack. (Photo credit: Andalusia Knoll)
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- A graveyard caretaker says he police held a gun to his head and threatened to kill him if he tried to prevent them from using his cemetary as a firing ground. These are the bullet casings he says they left. (Photo credit: Andalusia Knoll)
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- Jesús Cadena, a 19 year old student was shot dead when we went to help injured people at the road blockade in Nochixtlán on June 19. (Photo credit: Andalusia Knoll)
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- The phrase, “Army, Get Out Of Oaxaca, Assassins of the People” is spray painted above the road blockade erected on the highway that passes through Nochixtlán and connects Mexico City and Oaxaca City. (Photo credit: Andalusia Knoll)
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- A school in Nochixtlán serves as a centro de acopio for the ongoing barricades. People from across the country arrived with supplies and various locals and teachers helped cook. (Photo credit: Andalusia Knoll)
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- An unmarked helicopter flies low above the market in the center of Nochixtlán days after the confrontation. (Photo credit: Andalusia Knoll)
