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I have a short article from El Universal translated for you all. Apparently the PFP has driven the protestors out of the Zocalo capital plaza but they have not moved in to take full possession of it yet.

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Zocalo protestors dispersed with gas

The march summoned by APPO and [that of] the PFP in the plaza of Oaxaca City coincide, but neither of the sides enter

Alejandro Suverza
El Universal (Mexico City)
Oaxaca City, Oaxaca
Sunday 29 October 2006

4:01 p.m.It could not be more fateful, the march summoned by the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO) and the Federal Preventive Police (PFP) coinciding in the Zocalo capital plaza, where federal forces flung tear gas to disperse the people.

APPO's march had to turn around and did not enter the Zocalo, so as to avoid a confrontation with federal forces.

One front as much as another has folded. The Zocalo remains intact, neither one side nor the other being able to enter.
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So the Zocalo is evidently "unoccupied" at the moment, with both sides holding back a bit. Hmmm .... I'm guessing someone in the PFP is trying to communicate with the APPO leadership to end this thing peacefully, given that the outcome is not in doubt.