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Purveyor

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Tue Nov 11, 2014, 03:20 PM Nov 2014

Mexican Protesters Set Fire To Regional Party Hq Over 43 Missing Students

Protesters in the Mexican state of Guerrero have torched the ruling party's regional headquarters as part of their demonstrations to achieve justice for the 43 missing students who disappeared in September.

The attack on the regional headquarters of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) building in Chilpancingo is the latest violent protest to explode in Mexico over the incident. In a separate incident protesters also blocked the airport in the city of Acapulco.

The attack on the regional headquarters of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) building in Chilpancingo is the latest violent protest to explode in Mexico over the incident.

Tuesday's protests come just three days after protesters attempted to storm the National Palace in Mexico City and having failed to get in set the doors on fire.

They were eventually driven away by police but there were a number of arrests and injuries.

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http://rt.com/news/204559-guerrero-mexico-protest-students/

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