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Officials, Union Trade Blame for Deadly Mexico Clashes
Source: Associated Press
Officials, Union Trade Blame for Deadly Mexico Clashes
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN AND SAYRA CRUZ, ASSOCIATED PRESS OAXACA, Mexico — Jun 20, 2016, 7:50 PM ET
Mexican authorities and protesters on Monday traded accusations of responsibility for weekend clashes that left at least six people dead and more than 100 wounded in the restive southern state of Oaxaca.
Federal Police Chief Enrique Galindo, speaking on local Radio Formula, said few teachers were involved in the violence and attributed it to other, unspecified "radical groups."
However the radical teachers' union involved in the protests denied that and alleged that police infiltrators were to blame.
The clashes are the latest flashpoint in an ongoing battle for control of public education in Oaxaca, where the union is resisting government attempts to implement national education reforms passed under President Enrique Pena Nieto.
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By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN AND SAYRA CRUZ, ASSOCIATED PRESS OAXACA, Mexico — Jun 20, 2016, 7:50 PM ET
Mexican authorities and protesters on Monday traded accusations of responsibility for weekend clashes that left at least six people dead and more than 100 wounded in the restive southern state of Oaxaca.
Federal Police Chief Enrique Galindo, speaking on local Radio Formula, said few teachers were involved in the violence and attributed it to other, unspecified "radical groups."
However the radical teachers' union involved in the protests denied that and alleged that police infiltrators were to blame.
The clashes are the latest flashpoint in an ongoing battle for control of public education in Oaxaca, where the union is resisting government attempts to implement national education reforms passed under President Enrique Pena Nieto.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/police-teachers-involved-deadly-mexico-clashes-39992529
