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Mexico Stands Up Against Its Corrupt Government

Jocelyne Gomez
Contributing Writer

43 students from Ayotzinapa, Mexico were kidnapped in the southern state of Guerrero on Sept. 26. They were arrested for protesting their government’s discriminatory hiring practices, and traveled to Guerrero from their teaching college in Ayotzinapa to do so. They were training to teach kids living in rural, poverty-stricken areas. The testimony of the students who were able to escape revealed that the authorities began opening fire at them before making their arrest. Continue reading Mexico Stands Up Against Its Corrupt Government