Riot police sweep striking teachers from Mexico City’s main plaza

By artappraiser on Fri, 09/13/2013 - 8:36pm |

By Tim Johnson, McClatchy, Sept. 13, 2013

MEXICO CITY — Squads of riot police backed by water cannon Friday swept into the historic heart of Mexico’s capital, scurrying between bonfires to flush out striking teachers, some of whom swung pipes and threw rocks at security forces.

As helicopters hovered overhead, masked protesters fleeing the square tore up pavement, installed impromptu barricades and tossed rocks.

By late afternoon, police had cleared the vast plaza of a sprawling tent camp that striking teachers installed in August, but were still battling protesters on nearby streets, using tear gas. Acrid smoke wafted through the streets [....]

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