Guerrero Teacher Protest Turns Violent as Families Call for Meet with Pena Nieto euronews | |
go to original October 25, 2014 |
A radical splinter teachers’ union has led protests in Guerrero state in Mexico which ended with some demonstrators vandalizing and setting fire to the state education secretary’s offices.
The marchers were marking a month since 43 trainee teachers disappeared without trace. They are feared dead, and mass graves have been discovered of other suspected victims of alleged collusion between gangs, politicians and the police.
“We are concerned about the lines of investigation the authorities have opened. They will criminalize our schools and reduce the police’s serious acts to a mere criminal dispute,” said student Pedro Garcia from Ayotzinapa, the city where the students went missing.
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