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12958: N/APGOV, PREL, PINR, MX

BJECT: PRD EXPLOITS ELEMENT OF SURPRISE IN ON-GOING

4292B. MEXICO 4368C. MONTEREY 989D. MEXICO 4311

. (U) Summary: Following the Electoral Tribunal's (TEPJF)ment on August 5 that it would recount 11,839

(9.07 percent of the nationwide total), PRDandidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) vowed new actsPJF itself immediately following the decision, the PRD has

us locations within and near Mexico City. PRD nationalGerardo Fernandez Norona explained in media

a surprise nature. Demonstrators have already carried

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UNCLASSIFIEDentrances to major bank headquarters and the AttorneyGeneral's (PGR) office, as well briefly preventing tolls frombeing collected on major highways leading into Mexico City.This morning, demonstrators have blocked the Secretariat ofFinance and Public Credit (SHCP) as well as the TaxAdministration System headquarters (SAT). While such actionsso far have been limited to Mexico City and its surroundings,Fernandez claimed that the resistance movement would widen toa national scale. End Summary.WHAT WILL THEY BLOCKADE NEXT?

2. (U) In response to the TEPJF's decision to order only apartial recount of votes cast in the July 2 presidentialelection (ref B), AMLO has vowed new acts of civilresistance. With Mexico City's central plaza (Zocalo) andPaseo de la Reforma still occupied by encampments of AMLOsupporters, the PRD has added a new tactic to its repertoire:surprise demonstrations. Early in the morning on August 8,commuters to Mexico City were granted free passage on majortollways leading into the city, as AMLO supporters tookcontrol of toll booths and waved drivers through free ofharge. In an interview with major news outlets on August 9,RD national spokesman Norona confirmed that these actionsf "civil resistance" would continue unannounced, but wouldemain peaceful. He also claimed that the civil resistance

(U) Fernandez made this assertion August 9, shortly afterZocalo and Reforma encampments blockadedthree major banks: Banamex, Bancomer, and

. Poloff visited the blockade of the HSBC headquartersReforma, where approximately 80-100 demonstrators staged ain in front of the entrances of the building. Police had

rancef the office complex. Poloff spokethe Reforma encampment. When asked

osen the HSBC building, one demonstratorrs like

HSBC supported Calderon during the election withinfluence." Some demonstrators held

r that said "Smile-- honorable people pay taxes," aence to AMLO's campaign assertion that major

(U) Surprise protests did not stop at the banks, however,

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UNCLASSIFIEDas the following day approximately 100 people protestedoutside an office of the Federal Preventative Police (PFP)and about 300 outside the Attorney General's Office. Anearlier surprise protest blocked entrances to Mexico City'sstock exchange for several hours (ref D). An attempt toblock roads to the Mexico City Airport on August 10 wasunsuccessful, however, and AMLO allies disclaimed anyresponsibility for that action. Today, AMLO supporters haveblockaded the SHCP and the SAT.

A THIRD TRIP TO THE ZOCALO

5. (U) On August 9, poloffs made their third visit to the

Zocalo encampments which, along with those on Reforma, appearto provide much of the manpower for the recent "surprise"demonstrations. Compared with our last visit (ref A), campresidents appeared a little worse for wear, possibly becauseof deteriorating hygiene conditions. Clothing and hygieneooden platforms had been brought in because of problems withflooding caused by heavy rainstorms. It appeared to poloffsthat there were fewer people on the plaza than during our

er tents completely empty. Ano work on Reforma observed that there

pation.(U) Compared to previous visits to the Zocalo, it

s on a daily basis. When asked wherefood, all responded

from donations from people in Mexico City.they would

the Tribunal "resolves" the

organized and includes regular food deliveries, hottype classes for children, water trucks,

ENT: A NATIONAL MOVEMENT?

(S8U) Our visits to the encampments in the Zocalo and on

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UNCLASSIFIEDleaves us with the impression that the encampments andeveral thousand people, many of whom have been imported fromto expand its

have fizzled (ref C), although it's possible the PRD will

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