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8: N/AS: PGOV, PREL, PINR, MXJECT: PRD PROTEST TURNS VIOLENT

EF: A. A. MEXICO 4292B. B. MEXICO 4490C. C. MEXICO 4311ummary: After a series of "peaceful resistance"

rations by AMLO supporters that began on July 31 (seeent authorities outside Congress on August 14. The

s sparked when PRD protesters tried to prevent thePolice (PFP) from removing three vehiclesas to block an entrance to the Congress.

atP, who responded by firing tear gas at the protesters.

PRD spokesman reported injuries to eight deputies, twofour elected city officials. The PFP later

bly fails to disperse asn August 15, protesters briefly blocked entranceSpanish Embassy. End Summary.

LO,s One-Month Plan Of Civil Disobedience

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UNCLASSIFIED2 . (U) At his August 13 "informational assembly" in theZocalo, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) laid out aone-month schedule of civil disobedience activities, whichincluded (1) continued occupation of the Zocalo and the mainavenue Paseo de la Reforma, (2) a protest outside Congressduring President Fox,s final annual report to Congress onSeptember 1, (3) a protest on the day that the electoraltribunal (TEPJF) delivers a certificate of victory to FelipeCalderon, (4) a separate Mexican Independence "grito"celebration in the Zocalo on September 15, and (5) aconvention of AMLO supporters to be held in the Zocalo onSeptember 16, "to define the role (AMLO supporters) willassume in Mexican public life." The latter potentially wouldonflict with the Mexican military's traditional September 16

(U) Apparently in accord with AMLO,s schedule of massexico,s lower house of Congress, on August 14. According

ws reports, PRD protesters began arriving atAM and started setting up tents outside Congress's

s at about 9:30 AM. Meanwhile, several hundred PFParrived on the scene blocking other AMLO supporters

and PRD Clash

(U) The violence between protesters and PFP was triggeredximately 14:30, when PRD protesters tried to prevent

P from hauling away three vehicles protesters hadongress, blocking an entrance. According

exican newspaper El Universal, protesters threw sticks,ttles at the PFP, who responded by firing threegas at approximately 14:50. As the crowd

ers and the Congress. PRD protesters re-grouped atand briefly set up their encampment on a street

ress, but later abandoned the site

(U) A PRD spokesman reported injuries to eight deputies,s, and four elected city officials. PRD

tors Dolores Padierna, Juan Jose Garcia Ochoa, andoreno Brizuela were among the injured.

ce and arms and Moreno Brizuelathe ribs. While El Universal reported

arcia Ochoa suffered the "severest injuries," CNNds."

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UNCLASSIFIEDPFP and PRD Responses After the Clash6. (U) Shortly after the incident, several PRD members filedcriminal complaints at the PRD-controlled city attorneygeneral,s office. At a rally that evening, AMLO told hissupporters that the events of the day showed the authoritiesare "taking off their masks and putting aside their talk ofsupposed legality and respect." He added, "we wont allowurselves to be provoked.". (U) The PFP released a bulletin the same day stating that

cedure used when ao disburse as ordered. According to

PFP forces tried to conduct a dialogue with

the blockade. Similarly, Publicedina Mora told a news conference

I don,t see that there was any act ofsee an operational procedure to break up the

s." On August 15, authorities installed metalthe Congress, to prevent

(SBU) Although PRD protesters have demonstrated at othercement

t force has been used. PFP actions havee the Congress would be a potential

wire" for federal police intervention. We suspect thaters would seek to embarrass President Fox at hisr 1 message to Congress -- or even prevent Fox from

- and were eager to prevent them from establishingn to both sides that

d upon to intervene in ast. AMLO supporters, nonetheless, were not fazed enough

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