Black Handkerchiefs at Mexico-Netherlands 3-2 Friendly in Solidarity with Ayotzinapa Latin American Herald Tribune
go to original November 13, 2014

Protestas en "Mexico vs Holanda" #YaPerdonoAVela #MexicoVsHolanda #YaMeCanse #LaRevanchaTD (Alfredo Matta)

MEXICO CITY – Mexican residents of The Netherlands were to carry black handkerchiefs to the Wednesday soccer match between their national team and the Dutch squad in solidarity with the 43 Ayotzinapa teaching students who disappeared in September in Mexico’s southern state of Guerrero.

“I will participate in this initiative simply out of solidarity because right now I can’t do anything else,” Oscar Piña, a Mexican who has lived in Rotterdam for six years, told Efe.

The plan is to wave the black handkerchiefs at the time the Mexican national anthem is being played before the match in Amsterdam to “show support and solidarity with what is occurring in Mexico and since it’s going to be a match that many people are going to be watching, it’s a way to reach more people,” said the 32-year-old.

The call to participate in the plan in Holland was spread via the social networks and the Dutch press.

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El Universal reports: With two goals scored by Carlos Vela and another by 'Chicharito' Mexico defeated Holland 3-2 at the Amsterdam Arena.

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