Guerrero civilians take over municipalities, establish community watch

  • 10 years ago
Protesters in the Mexican state of Guerrero continued marches yesterday, blocking two main shopping centers in Acapulco, and filling streets and plazas state-wide with their demonstrations against the corrupt authorities who finally overstepped their bounds. Protests began over the case of 43 students taken by police in Iguala who have yet to be found. As citizens groups and federal police search for the missing students, one clandestine grave after another is discovered-none containing the missing students- and people ask "who are the people in the graves?" Citizens groups have occupied 26 of the state's 81 municipal government buildings and are in the process of setting up community led government and security groups. teleSUR

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