Jailed CETEG Teachers Freed After Deadly Clash with Police in Acapulco BERNAMA
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Tensions High in Mexico After Teacher Dies in Acapulco Protest (Reuters)

Authorities have released the vast majority of the more than 100 teachers arrested after clashes with police in the southern Mexican port city of Acapulco, an incident that left one protester dead, union officials said Wednesday.

A member of the State Coordinator of Education Workers of Guerrero, or CETEG, told Radio Formula that 65-year-old retired teacher Claudio Castillo Pena died as a result of Tuesday night's crackdown on the protest.

"He lost his life at 4:00 a.m. (Wednesday) due to the blows he received," said Manuel Salvador Rosas, who added that Castillo Pena was one of the detained protesters who were taken to hospitals in Acapulco, a Pacific port located in the southern state of Guerrero.

The deputy secretary of the Guerrero emergency management office, Raul Miliani, confirmed the death of the retired teacher to Radio Formula, saying his office took him by ambulance to a hospital for treatment for head trauma.

Vidulfo Rosales, the attorney for the relatives of 43 teacher trainees who disappeared nearly five months ago in Iguala, Guerrero, after coming under attack by police, told Efe that 99 of the 106 teachers jailed after the clashes have been released.

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