Peaceful Rally Over Missing Students Ends in Violence in Mexico City Agence France-Presse
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Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto's second anniversary in office has been marred by more protests against his rule. Al Jazeera's Monica Villamizar reports from Mexico City. (Al Jazeera)

A peaceful rally over the presumed massacre of 43 Mexican students ended with violence in the capital Monday night, and the president’s popularity sank to new lows on his second anniversary.

Thousands marched along Mexico City’s main boulevard, chanting for President Enrique Pena Nieto to resign and waving blackened flags of the country in anger over the case of the missing students.

They echoed “you are not alone” to parents of the missing who joined the rally at the Angel of Independence Monument.

“Pena Nieto must resign,” Clemente Rodriguez, father of missing student Cristian, told the crowd after two leading newspapers showed the embattled president’s approval rating dropping to around 40 percent.

As night fell, a small group of masked protesters armed with bats threw firebombs at banks and broke the windows of several shops along Reforma Boulevard, which is popular with tourists.

Hundreds of riot police protecting the Senate used fire extinguishers to repel the protesters.

Around 15 protesters were slightly injured, a Red Cross worker at the scene told AFP.

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