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Riots in front of the Military Camp in Mexico City during a protest over the Ayotzinapa case

2022-09-23T21:28:06.813Z


Images captured by CNN show hooded people beating and tearing down fences, and throwing firecrackers at agents with shields with the legends "Military Police" and "Federal Police."


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(CNN Spanish) --

A group of protesters staged riots this Friday in front of the facilities of Military Camp 1-A of the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) in Mexico City, as witnessed by a CNN team that was in the place.

The incidents began after a demonstration organized outside the military headquarters to demand justice for the disappearance of the 43 Ayotzinapa students in September 2014 in Iguala, Guerrero, and who are part of a national day of protest for the case. .

  • At least 11 police officers were injured during a protest in Mexico City over the Ayotzinapa case, reported the local Security Secretariat

Images captured by CNN show hooded people beating and tearing down fences, and throwing firecrackers at agents with shields with the legends "Military Police" and "Federal Police."

For their part, the agents used water cannons to disperse the demonstrators.

A man paints slogans at the entrance to Military Camp 1 during a demonstration in Mexico City on September 23, 2022. Credit: ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP via Getty Images

At the moment, no injuries or arrests have been reported due to the incidents.

CNN is trying to get more details from Sedena.

This Thursday, at least 11 police officers were injured during a protest that took place in front of the Attorney General's Office in Mexico City as part of a demonstration for the same case, the Ministry of Citizen Security reported in a statement. capital.

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Credit: ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP via Getty Images

The agents were injured by "shrapnel from firecrackers and bruises from blows to different parts of the body" after being attacked by some protesters.

The wounded police officers were "transferred to a hospital for medical evaluation, where they are out of danger," the Secretariat said.

With information from Juan Ortega in Mexico City

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Source: cnnespanol

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