Protesters attack police as anger boils in Mexico over 43 missing students
- 10 years ago
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Tensions were high in Mexico's restive state of Guerrero as protesters clashed with riot policemen on Tuesday (November 11) over the abduction and apparent massacre of 43 trainee teachers.
Brandishing metal rods and sticks, masked protesters attacked a police vehicle as anger over the government's handling of the case mounts.
Riot police threw rocks at protesters as they tried to maintain law and order following days of violent protests in Guerrero since the government announced gang member confessions pointing to the massacre of the students.
According to officials, corrupt police, gunmen and a local drug gang cooperated in the abduction and apparent murder of 43 trainee teachers in the southwestern state of Guerrero in late September.
President Enrique Pena Nieto took office two years ago vowing to restore order in Mexico, where about 100,000 people have died in violence linked to organized crime since 2007.
But th
Tensions were high in Mexico's restive state of Guerrero as protesters clashed with riot policemen on Tuesday (November 11) over the abduction and apparent massacre of 43 trainee teachers.
Brandishing metal rods and sticks, masked protesters attacked a police vehicle as anger over the government's handling of the case mounts.
Riot police threw rocks at protesters as they tried to maintain law and order following days of violent protests in Guerrero since the government announced gang member confessions pointing to the massacre of the students.
According to officials, corrupt police, gunmen and a local drug gang cooperated in the abduction and apparent murder of 43 trainee teachers in the southwestern state of Guerrero in late September.
President Enrique Pena Nieto took office two years ago vowing to restore order in Mexico, where about 100,000 people have died in violence linked to organized crime since 2007.
But th