Clashes between police and teachers leave teachers dead in Mexico

Mexico: six die in teacher protests

At least six people have been killed in southern Mexico following clashes between protesting teachers and security forces. More than 50 others were injured – many of them police. The violence erupted in the southern state of Oaxaca and follows the arrest of two high-profile union leaders last week. Sunday’s unrest is the worst in a wave of teacher protests in the past few months against government education reforms.

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Six killed in Mexico as police clash with protesting teachers

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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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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Six killed after teachers, police clash 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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Six die, 100 injured in Mexico teacher protests

The CNTE has staunchly opposed Pena Nieto’s education reform, which requires teachers to undergo performance evaluations. The union has also been protesting last weekend’s arrest of the leader of its Section 22 in Oaxaca, Ruben Nunez, and his deputy ...

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Mexico teachers protest: Six killed in Oaxaca clashes

The changes include new measures to assess teachers' performance ... Mr Nunez's deputy, Francisco Villalobos, was arrested for allegedly stealing textbooks.

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Teachers union, police clash in Mexico over education reforms; 6 dead

Oaxaca's secretary of public safety said 21 people were arrested, and those injured included 41 federal ... reforms passed by Mexico's Ministry of Education that would force teachers to take examinations to be approved for employment, with further tests ...

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Police-teacher clash in Oaxaca, Mexico leaves six 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. Clashes took place in several municipalities in Oaxaca, but the most ...

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Violent clashes between riot police and teachers leaves four dead in Mexico

The radical union, which goes by the initials CNTE, is opposed to the mandatory testing of teachers as part of the government’s sweeping education reform and is also protesting the arrest of union leaders on money laundering and other charges.

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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 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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Violent clashes break out between teachers and police in Oaxaca

Meanwhile, the powerful teachers union, the National Coordinating Committee ... and organization secretary Francisco Villalobos is charged with stealing. There was another violent confrontation in Salina Cruz, in the region of Tehuantepec Isthmus, the ...

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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 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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Mexico: six die in teacher protests

The Federal Police authority said the officers were not armed, and denounced as "false" some images provided by the teachers' union showing agents with firearms. The violence erupted in the southern state of Oaxaca and follows the arrest of two high ...

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Mexico: brutal repression of teachers movement kills 6

The brutal repression left 6 people dead and dozens of others injured as well as at least 21 arrested. The blockade had been organised teachers with the support of the local communities in order to prevent Federal Police from reaching the capital of Oaxaca ...

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Clashes between teachers, police leaves 4 dead in Mexico

At least 21 arrested, 45 injured as radical labour union resists attempt to lift highway blockade OAXACA, Mexico — A violent clash between members of a dissident teachers’ union and police in southern Mexico yesterday has left four dead and 45 injured ...

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Police: Few teachers involved in deadly Mexico clashes

Mexican police say few teachers were involved in violence at a weekend highway ... and an academic on pretrial arrest over charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda, according to... A Turkish court placed two Turkish journalists - including a local ...

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Mexico: six die in teacher protests

when the union effectively controlled the payroll of Oaxaca's teachers. Members of the CNTE union, which has a history of radical activism, have been blocking roads in southern Mexico ever since the union leaders were arrested.

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Mexico protests over arrest of union leader

Mexican Teachers Block Roads to Protest Arrest of Union Leaders The two top officials of Local 22 of the militant CNTE teachers union were arrested over the weekend on charges that include the theft of school textbooks and operating with ill-gotten resources .

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Police: Few teachers involved in deadly Mexico clashes

Mexican police say few teachers were involved in violence at a weekend highway ... and an academic on pretrial arrest over charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda, according to... A Turkish court placed two Turkish journalists - including a local ...

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At least six die and scores are injured in Mexico teacher protests

At least six people have been killed and 100 injured in southern Mexico during clashes between members of a teachers’ trade union and police. The violence erupted as hundreds of riot police moved in to dislodge protesters blocking a highway in the southern state of Oaxaca. Tear gas was fired at the crowd. Is this the first time the teachers are protesting? No. The protest on Sunday near the town of Nochixtlan, 80 kilometres northwest of Oaxaca City, has been going on for a week now. Roads have been blocked with burning tyres. A nearby oil refinery had warned it ...

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