Chaos broke out yesterday afternoon at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City. 2 students and a dog were injured by bullets after judicial police fired live rounds on UNAM campus. The officer who shot them has been detained but the incident and what ensued afterwards have caused tensions in Mexico to reach a fever pitch.
Agresiones a integrantes del auditorio Che Guevara en CU (UNAM), hay un herido de bala en la pierna. pic.twitter.com/es7uVDN9s7
— Regeneración Radio (@regeneracion_r) November 15, 2014
The Che Guevara auditorium in UNAM has been used for almost 10 years as a location for student assemblies. UNAM was granted autonomy in 1929 under a series of “organic laws” which established the university’s academic freedom and independence from government. The university has its own campus security force.
When 5 judicial police officers entered UNAM campus and started taking pictures, students were suspicious and approached them to ask that they leave, citing that the police presence on campus was a violation of the university’s autonomy. The judicial police agents alleged they were there to investigate a report of a stolen cell phone which has been met with much sarcasm in social media and interpreted as a flimsy pretense to commit what students view as police espionage on UNAM campus.
#UltimoMinuto La @PGJ_CDMX informa hallazgo de una fosa repleta de celulares, ninguno corresponde al buscado en #CU pic.twitter.com/ea5Ca9QRy0
— #YoSoy132 SC (@YoSoy132SC) November 16, 2014
“Breaking: The Attorney General informs of the discovery of a grave full of cell phones, none correspond to the one sought in University City”
Read: “Too Many Mass Graves in Guerrero, Not Enough Transparency”
Just after students approached the judicial police to leave requesting that they leave, shots were fired and 2 students plus one dog were injured. According to official reports, the police fired warning shots in the air and are claiming self defense.
VIDEO: PGJDF elements shooting at UNAM students, violating the autonomy 11/15/2014
One student was hit in the leg, another was grazed by a bullet – both are in stable condition. Also the dog of one of the students in Che Guevara auditorium was injured but we are told that students got the dog to a vet in time and it should recover.
“@SergioyLupita: Durante la balacera de #CU #UNAM, también un perro fue impactado por proyectil d agentes d la PGJDF pic.twitter.com/Vu2fmd9641
— Israel Bermúdez (@IsraelBermudezG) November 15, 2014
After firing “warning shots into the air” and injuring UNAM students, the judicial police fled dropping an ID badge and leaving their car behind. The officer who fired on the students has been arrested according to the local prosecutor. Students secured the car that was left behind by the judicial police in order to preserve potential evidence for investigators. Later in the evening, unknown hooded individuals set the car on fire.
On November 8 at a protest in the Zocalo of Mexico City, the front door of the presidential palace was set on fire. Reports circulated afterwards that the door was set on fire by infiltrators and was not something that had been planned in that night’s actions. Our sources say that a similar event occurred last night and that students did not burn this car on UNAM campus.
After the vehicle was set on fire granaderos (federal police) arrived on the campus, which only escalated tensions further. Video (below) shows more police aggression towards the students last night. Thankfully no injuries or arrests were reported and federal police were ordered to retreat.
VIDEO: UNAM Confrontation:
Los granaderos están en el Eje 10 afuera de Psicología en Ciudad Universitaria,UNAM. @estelalivera @Israfotografo pic.twitter.com/QlgghAkKzG
— Israel Lorenzana (@israellorenzana) November 16, 2014
UNAM students proceeded to put up barricades around campus to keep police out, some of which have a message for the current rector of UNAM, José Narro Robles.
Word that students have secured some entrances around the university center and set up barricades to keep cops out. pic.twitter.com/QrbG34QyVk
— ⒶTony tren al SUR☭ (@MexicAnarchist) November 16, 2014
The government of Mexico City has issued an apology to the university community for the incidents that occurred in University City (CU) and offered assurances they will act in strict adherence to the law. Protests have been raging all day today after yesterday’s police aggression on UNAM campus and protests are expected to continue and escalate in the coming days.
Todays march over missing students is Led by students from unam university, where shooting ocurre d yday pic.twitter.com/wXxRo2veIt
— manuel rueda (@ruedareport) November 16, 2014
NOW: Students protest against police repression at #Mexico´s National Autonomous University #FueraNarrodelaUNAM #UNAM pic.twitter.com/wBskQ3MtJZ
— Saulo Corona (@SauloCorona) November 16, 2014
A caravan of parents and family of the missing normalistas from Ayotzinapa are traveling through Mexico right now, spreading word about the 43 missing students (please see our Mexico archives for background info). They are headed for the Zocalo in Mexico City and are scheduled to arrive on November 20, coinciding with the Mexican holiday Dia de la Revolución. The next few days are expected to be very large protests in Mexico and if security forces continue to provoke students, it will only serve to incite bigger protests.
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