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People across Latin America are crying out against the Israeli attack on the people of Gaza.

In Oaxaca, Mexico, Mexican police arrested at least 20 people as they went to the U.S. Consulate to protest.

In the middle of the day, today, Saturday the 3rd of January, 2009, a massive detention took place of over 20 compañeros and compañeras who set out to peacefully protest in front of the U.S. Consulate in Oaxaca, repulsed by the genocide perpetuated by Israel against the Palestinian people.

From the information we have received, these detentions took place as the protestors headed toward the Consulate, located in Santo Domingo de Guzmán, in Oaxaca City. Without warning, the police forces, through unproportionable and unjustified force, launched an assault against them before the protest was even able to take place.

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