OAXACA, Mexico (AFP) — Thousands of teachers protested in southern Mexico yesterday to denounce a “massacre” a day after at least eight people died during violence authorities blamed on unidentified gunmen.
A teachers union organised the demonstration in the tourist city of Oaxaca to demand justice for the deaths during a protest on Sunday, while some 15 masked protesters launched fireworks at police during yesterday’s march.
The National Education Workers Coordinator (CNTE) union has been leading demonstrations across the state of Oaxaca against an education reform and the arrest of two of its leaders.
Six people died and more than 100 were injured, including officers and civilians, when police were deployed to break up a week-long road blockade.
