Acapulco Protests Organized By Teachers' Union Quashed in Violent Police Crackdown Adam Withnall - The Independent
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Brutal images of apparent police violence have sparked outrage on social media. (AFP/Getty Images)

Agence France-Presse Update: Mexican federal police rejected accusations by a teacher's union on that a 65-year-old protestor died after being beaten by officers during a demonstration in Acapulco.

A series of images have emerged that bear witness to a brutal crackdown by police on teachers protesting in Acapulco, Mexico.

Relations between the country’s educators and the government lie in tatters following the abduction and suspected massacre of 43 student teachers who disappeared in September.

The authorities have now declared it a “legal certainty” that those missing were murdered by drug cartel hitmen – but parents and unions say this is an attempt to close the case prematurely.

Amid a series of demonstrations demanding the government continues to investigate and take action against the perpetrators of the apparent massacre, teachers from the CETEG union marched on the Juan Alvarez de Acapulco airport on Tuesday in a protest over pay.

It has been reported that an estimated 94,000 CETEG workers and other public servants have not received their salaries in Mexico, and around 2,000 teachers turned out to demand the authorities resolve the pay issue.

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