Protesters in southern Mexico set state government building afire and torch a dozen vehicles
Protesters in southern Mexico set the state government building afire Monday and torched at least a dozen cars in the parking lot.
The protests occurred in the violence-wracked city of Chilpancingo, the capital of the Pacific coast state of Guerrero.
The protesters are demanding answers in the case of 43 students at a rural teachers college who disappeared in 2014. Another student from that college was killed in a confrontation with police in March.
The Guerrero state government said in a statement that it “regrets and condemns the violent acts.” The government noted the state interior secretary had resigned following the March confrontation with students. The police officers involved are under investigation in the death.
Images of the protests showed at least a dozen vehicles engulfed in fire and flames shooting out of the windows of the state office building, which is near the main highway leading from Mexico City to Acapulco. The building, which houses the governor’s office, was ransacked.