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Teachers ram cops with barricades, police fire tear gas at Mexico protests

2011-02-16 18 Dailymotion

Police fired tear gas and clashed for several hours on Tuesday with teachers protesting against a visit by President Felipe Calderon to the southern city of Oaxaca. 20 protesters were injured during the running clashes, which lasted several hours. Police at the scene said five officers were hurt. The teachers threw rocks and hit police with sticks. The protesters also torched a government vehicle and beat the Oaxaca state Public Safety Secretary Marco Tulio Lopez when he tried to call for calm outside the government offices.

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