A truck burns after it was set fire by rural teachers’ college students protesting the previous month’s shooting of one of their classmates during a confrontation with police, as firefighters work to control the blazes outside the municipal government palace in Chilpancingo, Mexico, Monday, April 8, 2024.
Students at the radical Ayotzinapa teachers’ college, located on the outskirts of Chilpancingo, are known for their violent protests, which often involve hijacking buses and delivery trucks.‘Panama Papers’ trial starts. 27 people charged in the worldwide money laundering caseIn March, protesters allied with the college commandeered a pickup truck and used it to ram down the wooden doors of Mexico City’s National Palace.