http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=611769&CategoryId=14091
At least 176 college students have been arrested...with some 60 injured...including 10 police...in Michoacan province...after a week of protests ended when police invaded 3 college campuses...using helicopters, armored trucks and tear gas.
Students at the teaching colleges are angry about curriculum changes.
They had seized 82 buses and trucks.
Vandals had also set fire to 13 police cars, buses and private vehicles.
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