Mexico: activists accuse Pena Nieto of criminalizing social protest

2014-12-03 24

In Mexico, activists state that excessive police presence and arbitrary detentions have been constant at the mass demonstrations held in Mexico in the last few weeks to demand the safe return of the 43 missing students from Ayotzinapa. So far those detained arbitrarily have been released for lack of evidence, but they report have been beaten by police. They accuse the government of acting to criminalize social protest. teleSUR.

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