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| Oaxaca demo reaches Mexico City | Oaxaca demo reaches Mexico City |
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| Thousands of protesters from Oaxaca have marched to Mexico City to demand their state governor's resignation. | Thousands of protesters from Oaxaca have marched to Mexico City to demand their state governor's resignation. |
| They accuse Ulises Ruiz, governor of the southern state, of rigging elections and using brutal force to put down protests. | They accuse Ulises Ruiz, governor of the southern state, of rigging elections and using brutal force to put down protests. |
| The protesters have been involved in a bloody struggle with security forces in which five people have died since May. | The protesters have been involved in a bloody struggle with security forces in which five people have died since May. |
| Mr Ruiz has denied any responsibility for the violence and has refused to step down. | Mr Ruiz has denied any responsibility for the violence and has refused to step down. |
| The demonstrations started as a demand by teachers for more pay - but it has since become a much wider campaign. | The demonstrations started as a demand by teachers for more pay - but it has since become a much wider campaign. |
| The demonstrators have walked from Oaxaca City, waving banners and shouting slogans. | |
| They carried effigies of the Oaxaca state governor, Ulises Ruiz, and coffins - one with the words "the bad government is dead" written on it. | They carried effigies of the Oaxaca state governor, Ulises Ruiz, and coffins - one with the words "the bad government is dead" written on it. |
| By marching to the country's capital city, the protesters believe they can pressure the Senate into forcing Mr Ruiz to quit. | By marching to the country's capital city, the protesters believe they can pressure the Senate into forcing Mr Ruiz to quit. |
| President Vicente Fox says he wants the dispute to end before he leaves office in December. | President Vicente Fox says he wants the dispute to end before he leaves office in December. |
| But the BBC's Duncan Kennedy, in Mexico, says it is not proving easy to pacify the teachers and their demands for political as well as economic changes. | But the BBC's Duncan Kennedy, in Mexico, says it is not proving easy to pacify the teachers and their demands for political as well as economic changes. |