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Thursday, April 18, 2013

Mexico: Dissident Guerrero Teachers Seize Highway, March towards State Capitol

Dissident Guerrero teachers march on federal highway
Photo: Daniel Cruz
Milenio: Adriana Esthela Flores and Marco Antonio Coronel

Chilpancingo, Guerrero • The march by the Popular Movement of Guerrero, protesting the federal education reform and awaiting the vote of the state congress on its own proposals, began at 10:30 AM today and headed to Chilpancingo. Marchers have siezed both lanes of the Highway of the Sun and are about to reach the exit to the capital city of Chilpancingo.

Protesters have stopped at a Walmart shopping center, a few blocks from the Government Palace, to await instructions from their leadership. Spanish original