#USTired2 Activists Plan Rallies During Mexican President's US Visit Arturo Conde - ABC News
go to original December 29, 2014

Three months after the disappearance of 43 indigenous students in Iguala, Mexico, #USTired2 activists plan to mobilize on January 5 and 6 to protest Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto's visit to the United States.

Activists on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border say that the Mexican government wants to close the case to end the social protests about the missing students and other disappearances that have resurfaced in the public eye after the excavation of mass graves in Iguala.

Many Mexicans see the case of the missing students as a window that encapsulates many of the underlying issues in Mexico.

"We now see that all the problems in our country [Mexico] have converged in Iguala," said Mexican anthropologist and human rights activist Abel Barrera at a recent meeting with community organizers in New York City. "What lives in Iguala is what we live in most of the regions of our country."

And for Mexican expats and Latino activists in the U.S. - many who have mobilized under #USTired2, Iguala is also a window into social issues in America. Disenfranchisement with the economy, housing policy, immigration and recent civil rights protests in Ferguson and New York are compelling activists to make connections between the U.S. and Mexico.

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#UStired2 is English for "#Yamecanse": For more information go to www.ustired2.com.

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