After gang members in the Mexican state of Guerrero admitted that they killed 43 students, dismembered and burnt their bodies, and threw them in a river protests have hit Mexico condemning the government’s failure to rein in the crime that has ravaged Mexico for decades. While crime has been a chronic problem in Mexico – which is ground zero for the drug war – the student killings seem to have been the breaking point leading to demonstrators burning down government buildings and shutting down Acapulco’s airport. The protests have now gained new steam on social media thanks to an imprudent statement by Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam who concluded a press conference about the missing students by saying he was tired.
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Protests Rock Mexico After Student Killings
