Violence marks three-month anniversary of feared Mexican student massacre
- 9 years ago
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Protesters attacked a local army base in Iguala, Mexico, on Friday (December 26) on the three-month anniversary of the disappearance of 43 student teachers in the small Mexican city to express outrage over the feared massacre and the lack of answers.
Angry protesters forced open the steel gates at the army base before authorities released gas canisters to dispel the crowd.
Iguala is located in the southwestern Mexican state of Guerrero, which has seen bursts of violence since the Sept. 26 disappearances including the burning of the state legislature building.
With many holding out belief that the students are still alive, the demonstrators are calling on the government to return the missing.
"It's been three months, three months without being able to sleep, eat, rest. My mother's exhausted. I ask the government to have some shame, hand them back," said Guadalupe Sanchez, a sister for one of the missing students.
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Protesters attacked a local army base in Iguala, Mexico, on Friday (December 26) on the three-month anniversary of the disappearance of 43 student teachers in the small Mexican city to express outrage over the feared massacre and the lack of answers.
Angry protesters forced open the steel gates at the army base before authorities released gas canisters to dispel the crowd.
Iguala is located in the southwestern Mexican state of Guerrero, which has seen bursts of violence since the Sept. 26 disappearances including the burning of the state legislature building.
With many holding out belief that the students are still alive, the demonstrators are calling on the government to return the missing.
"It's been three months, three months without being able to sleep, eat, rest. My mother's exhausted. I ask the government to have some shame, hand them back," said Guadalupe Sanchez, a sister for one of the missing students.
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