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Police Arrest APPO Leader Flavio Sosa

HeadlineDec 05, 2006

In Mexico, police have arrested a leader of the Popular Assembly of the Oaxacan People, which has led the popular uprising in the southern state of Oaxaca. Flavio Sosa was detained in Mexico City on Monday after he gave a press conference announcing that APPO planned to hold negotiations with the government of Felipe Calderon. The police accused Sosa of being involved in kidnapping, violent robbery and arson.

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