In Oaxaca, the battle over education – and the view of Mexico it presents – has often turned violent. Oaxaca, Mexico – It is November 2, the Day of the Dead in Mexico, and the family of Anselmo Cruz Aquino has gathered by a cross on a roadside in Nochixtlan , Oaxaca. It marks the spot where the 33-year-old was shot and killed last summer during a clash between the federal police and a dissident wing of the Mexican teachers’ union, the National Coordinator of Education Workers, or CNTE.