Mexican police fire tear gas and arrest protesters in Cancun

struggle4progress

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Sat Aug-20-05 09:24 PM
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Mexican police fire tear gas and arrest protesters in Cancun

CANCUN, Mexico (AP) - Mexican police Saturday clashed with protesters in the luxury hotel zone of the Caribbean resort of Cancun, firing tear gas and arresting hundreds after they blocked a roadway.

Riot police cleared the crowd after it blocked the resort's main hotel access road.

Demonstrators were protesting the recent jailing of Leyda Campos, a former state prosecutor under investigation for her legal work on behalf of a shelter for children and women.

At least three families have accused La Casita shelter of holding relatives against their will, but protesters charged that authorities are carrying out a vendetta against the shelter. <snip>

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2005/08/20/1181535-ap.html

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wli

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Sat Aug-20-05 09:29 PM
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1. things are heating up in Mexico it seems

First the gangs duking it out with bazookas, now this.

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