Flavio Sosa

[2] Sosa also worked with the Democratic Peasants Union (UCD), which was later integrated into the PRD.

On November 26, his office in the Oaxacan capital City was burned by paramilitaries and his brother Eric was detained and sent to a prison in Tamaulipas.

The four had traveled to Mexico's capital to speak out against government repression in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.

[3] While Sosa denounces the idea of leadership within the APPO, stating "ours is a movement of the grassroots, not leaders",[4] he has become a prominent figure within the Oaxaca protests.

This incident was publicly denounced by the FFD delegation at a press conference in Oaxaca City, which received coverage in Noticias, as well as upon their return to the U.S. Sosa was released from prison on April 19, 2008 after a judge ruled there was insufficient evidence to continue holding him.