Clashes between police and teachers leave teachers dead in Mexico

Clashes between police, teachers after protest against mandatory testing leave 4 dead in Mexico

are opposed to the mandatory testing of teachers as part of Mexico's education reform and are also protesting the arrest of union leaders on money laundering and other charges. Sunday's clashes in several municipalities in Oaxaca state involved federal and ...

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Violence at Mexico teachers' protest leaves four dead, officials say

... union members opposed to education reform Members of Mexican federal police clash with teachers holding a protest against an education reform and the arrest of two of its leaders, in Oaxaca State. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Violent clashes between ...

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Clashes Between Police, Teachers Leave 6 Dead in Mexico

are opposed to the mandatory testing of teachers as part of Mexico's education reform and are also protesting the arrest of union leaders on money laundering and other charges. In Sunday's clashes in the southern state of Oaxaca, protesters threw stones ...

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Clashes between police, teachers leave 6 dead, over 100 injured in Mexico

are opposed to the mandatory testing of teachers as part of Mexico’s education reform and are also protesting the arrest of union leaders on money laundering and other charges. In Sunday’s clashes in the southern state of Oaxaca, protesters threw ...

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MEXICO: Helicopter Surveys Deadly Teachers Union Protest in Oaxaca June 19

The Oaxaca government said clashes between teachers on strike and police killed at least six people and injured 51 others on Sunday, June 19. Police arrested 21 people in the demonstration, in which teachers? union Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores

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Six dead in Mexico clashes between teachers and police

Activists from the National Co-ordinator of Education Workers are opposed to the mandatory testing of teachers as part of education reform. They are also protesting over the arrest of union leaders on money laundering and other charges. In clashes in the ...

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Mexico Teachers’ Union Protest Leaves Several Dead

Demonstrators from the union are opposed to compulsory aptitude and performance tests for teachers as part of the country’s education reform and are protesting the arrest of union leaders accused of money laundering, among other charges. The violence ...

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Oaxaca, Mexico, teacher protests

According to the Associated Press, the clashes began when workers protested both the mandatory testing of teachers as part of widespread reform and the arrest of union leaders. - Jillian

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MEXICO: Oaxaca Streets Burn as Police and Teachers Clash June 19

The Oaxaca government said clashes between teachers on strike and state police killed at least six people and injured 51 others on Sunday, June 19. Police arrested 21 people in the demonstration, in which teacher?s union Coordinadora Nacional de Trabaja

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Mexico: Six killed in clashes during teachers' protest

are opposed to the mandatory testing of teachers as part of Mexico's sweeping education reform and are also protesting against the arrest of union leaders on money laundering and other charges. In Sunday's clashes in the southern state of Oaxaca ...

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Six killed in Mexico teacher protests

At least six people have been killed in southern Mexico in clashes between police forces and teachers protesting planned education reforms and the arrest of their union leaders. Thousands of teachers from the CNTE teachers’ union took to the streets in several municipalities in the southern state of Oaxaca on Sunday. The demonstrators protested government-proposed education reforms, which would require them to undergo mandatory evaluation testing. They also voiced anger at the recent arrest of two union leaders on several charges, including money laundering, which the teachers believe are trumped up. Clashes erupted when anti-riot police tried to disperse the ...

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MEXICO: Oaxaca Streets Burn as Police and Teachers Clash June 19

The Oaxaca government said clashes between teachers on strike and state police killed at least six people and injured 51 others on Sunday, June 19. Police arrested 21 people in the demonstration, in which teacher?s union Coordinadora Nacional de Trabaja

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http://video.heraldsun.com.au/v/471069/MEXICO-Oaxaca-Streets-Burn-as-Police-and-Teachers-Clash-June-19

 

Clashes between police, teachers leave 6 dead in Mexico

are opposed to the mandatory testing of teachers as part of Mexico's sweeping education reform and are also protesting the arrest of union leaders on money laundering and other charges. In Sunday's clashes in the southern state of Oaxaca, protesters threw ...

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Police, teachers clash in Mexico, 6 dead

are opposed to the mandatory testing of teachers as part of Mexico's sweeping education reform and are also protesting the arrest of union leaders on money laundering and other charges. In Sunday's clashes in the southern state of Oaxaca, protesters threw ...

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Six killed in Mexico clashes between teachers union and police

Violent clashes between police and members of a radical teachers' union who had blockaded roads in southern Mexico on Sunday left six people dead and more than 100 injured, officials said. The teachers from the National Coordinator of Education Workers are protesting the mandatory testing of teachers and the arrest of union leaders on money laundering and other charges. Clashes took place in several municipalities in Oaxaca. Officials said 53 civilians, 41 federal police agents and 14 state police agents were injured. All the dead were civilians, with two having ties to the union.

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Six Killed, Dozens Injured as Teachers, Police Clash in Southern Mexico

MEXICO CITY—Six protesters were killed and dozens of protesters and police were injured Sunday in clashes in southern Mexico when security forces cleared roads being blocked by members of a teachers’ group, Oaxaca state authorities said. The clashes ...

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Mexico Teachers' Union Protest Leaves Several Dead

The unrest escalated after police arrested the leader of the local teachers' union during the previous weekend. The CNTE has staunchly opposed President Enrique Pena Nieto's education reform, which requires teachers to undergo performance evaluations.

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Six Killed as Mexican Police Attempt to Break Up Week-Long Teachers’ Protest

Six people have died in southern Mexico following clashes between demonstrating teachers and police. The protests began after officers arrested several leaders of the CNTE teachers union on June 12, on charges of corruption. Members of the organization ...

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Six killed in Mexico during teachers' protest against police

Six people were killed and 53 injured in Mexico on Sunday when clashes broke out between members of a teachers’ trade union and police at a protest that police say had been infiltrated by armed individuals who shot at officers and threw petrol bombs. The violence erupted as anti-riot police moved in to dislodge protesters blocking a highway in the southern state of Oaxaca. Television footage showed chaotic scenes of men running from police as gun fire rang out. It was the worst incident in a spate of protests over the past several months against education reforms that the government ...

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Six dead and 100 injured in Mexico after police 'open fire on protesting teachers'

Six people have been killed in the south of Mexico following clashes between teachers and police following a bitter row over education reforms. A further 100 people, many of them police officers, were also injured in the fights according to the Mexican authorities. Protestors threw stones and Molotov cocktails during the clashes in the state of Oaxaca, while the Associated Press reported that riot police were shooting troublemakers – which Mexican officials have denied. They say that a number of unidentified gunmen opened fire on police officers as they attempted to clear a road after it was blocked by members ...

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