Police Arrest 22 Protesters on Massacre Anniversary in Mexico City EFE
go to original June 11, 2013

Demonstrators pictured marching through Avenida Juárez to celebrate the 10th June 1971 in México City. (Lora Grigorova/demotix.com)

MEXICO CITY - Twenty-two people were arrested for attacking police during a demonstration yesterday marking the 42nd anniversary of a student massacre in Mexico City, officials said.

The protesters were taken to the holding facility at the Federal District Attorney's Office, the Federal District Public Safety Secretariat said.

The suspects were arrested for "disturbing the peace, (causing) injuries, disobeying authorities, making threats, carrying objects for assault and robbery," Federal District Attorney Rodolfo Rios said.

... National Autonomous University of Mexico, or UNAM, and National Polytechnic Institute, or IPN, students took to the streets of Mexico City on June 10, 1971, to demand that President Luis Echeverria, who governed Mexico from 1970 to 1976, allow political freedom and democratize higher education.

The protest started peacefully but turned violent when "Los Halcones," a paramilitary group, opened fire on demonstrators, killing at least 22 people and wounding around 50 others.

Read the rest at GlobalPost

We invite you to add your charity or supporting organizations' news stories and coming events to PVAngels so we can share them with the world. Do it now!