Hoodlums associated with Iguala 43 try to attack López Obrador’s National Palace

a group of youth wearing hoods Associated with Ayotzinapa Normal Schoolsame same 43 students went missing in 2014, have tried to attack the National Palace where Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) lives and holds offices. protesters take The demand to meet the President has been going on for several weeks After receiving no answers for more than 10 years, the Mexicans demanded progress in the investigation.

After several minutes of tension, the military police in charge of the security of the presidential headquarters have managed to disperse the attackers, who were massing in the surrounding area. The Mexican President has accused him of “incitement” and refused to meet them

As they have been claiming for months.

The attack occurred just as López Obrador offered his usual morning press conference inside the National Palace, known as ‘Mananera’. People wearing hoods, after going to one side of the government building They have knocked down one of the entrances A truck stolen from the Federal Electricity Commission was used as a battering ram.

After several attempts, the wooden door collapsed and the protesters fell threatened to enter the building, but they have faced human barricades manned by military police officers armed with shields and batons. This tense scene lasted for about 10 minutes, which was close to becoming a tragedy and it also involved youth. broke several windowsthey have painted And they have launched slingshot stones Inside the building, before being dispersed by tear gas.

Asked by a reporter, the Mexican President confirmed that the Undersecretary of the Interior, Arturo Medina, was going to meet with the protesters, but that he would not welcome them: “No, I am analyzing and conducting everything because What matters is I have to find (43) youth.”

“We don’t want confrontation”

AMLO also regretted the serious position adopted by the victims’ environment in recent months, saying, “The attitude, not of the parents, but of the counselors and organizations that supposedly protect human rights, is an attitude, In the best cases, political, very confrontational, provocative, and against us We do not want any conflict at all.

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The Mexican president has accused the relatives of allowing themselves to be “manipulated by right-wing conservative groups supported by foreign governments that want to harm us politically (…) What they want is for us not to know the truth. and should be judged for it, but they already have it as a flag against us.

Similarly, AMLO has downplayed the attack, which once again evidences the widespread dissatisfaction of victimized groups towards his government, and has reiterated that he “feels safe in any part of the country, people take care of me. Keep.”

during His campaign for the presidencylopez obrador Flagged the case of 43 missing students In Iguala, efforts are made to find their bodies and provide answers to the families of the victims. However, beyond a few symbolic gestures, such as classifying the case as a state crime or missing the ‘historical truth’ that his predecessor Enrique Peña Nieto had sold as a thesis of what had happened, little was done in the investigation. Little progress has been made.

Last July, the Independent Group of Experts (GIEI) left Mexico, condemning the opaqueness of the military, which has refused to hand over hundreds of military espionage documents that, according to them, could be the key to unblocking the investigation. next On September 26, 10 years of this tragedy will be completed.One of the most symbolic in Mexico’s recent history, and everything indicates that the AMLO government will not keep its promise to resolve it.