12 April 2011

MEXICO: 14 Injured, 8 Arrested In D.F. Electrical Utility Protest.

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    A protest by some 1,500 former employees of defunct state-owned utility Luz y Fuerza del Centro got out of hand...injuring 14 during a police tear gas attack, including two journalists.
    Police detained eight protestors.
     Members of the electrical workers union stormed the former offices of Luz y Fuerza and were repelled by 600 riot police and 100 traffic cops.