100 Protesters Forcibly Disappeared by Federal Police in State of Guerrero teleSUR
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Mexico: 100 Protesters Disappear in the State of Guerrero (teleSUR English)

The dangerous southern Mexican state of Guerrero has hit the headlines once again as at least 100 people were apparently forcibly disappeared by federal police who violently evacuated hundreds of union protesters that blocked a main highway and various streets in the capital Chilpancingo, various local news outlets reported Friday.

“We have over 100 people disappeared, including two minor, over 64 people were arrested and more than 200 injured,” said community leader Maria Eugenia Salgado.

The Transport Council Union and the Union of Peoples of the Guerrero Sierra told Proceso that the Federal Police evacuated them violently and added they hold the state Governor Hector Astudillo responsible for the police brutality and the disappearance of their members.

The transportation union members, which include bus and taxi drivers, had completely blocked the main highway, Autopista del Sol which mainly links Acapulco with Mexico City, for over 12 hours until Astudillo ordered the evacuation claiming huge financial losses.

The governor also said he would order charges be laid against all those responsible for the roadblock.

Salgado, whose brother Servando is also disappeared after having received various death threats, said that various leaders and activists were jailed.

She says the government is responsible for all the disappearances.

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