Rights Groups Accuse Police of Excessive Force Against Peaceful Protesters EFE
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MEXICO CITY - Police used excessive force during a march to commemorate the 45th anniversary of a massacre of student protesters in the Mexican capital, human rights organizations said Thursday.

"We have all the violations documented," the president of the Mexican League for the Defense of Human Rights, Adrian Ramirez, told a press conference.

Wednesday night's march in Mexico City was largely peaceful, though the municipal police department said 32 of their officers were injured in clashes with hooded anarchists.

Police acted in "strict conformity with the applicable norm for crowd control," the Mexico City Public Safety Department said.

But the human rights groups say police violated their own regulations by using tear gas and rubber bullets against peaceful protesters.

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