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Photos: Protests over 43 Guerrero students target government buildings

November 13, 2014 11:04AM ET

A city congress and buildings tied to the ruling party are trashed and burned

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Fires burn in the state congress hall, Chilpancingo, Guerrero State after members of the Guerrero teacher’s union broke into the building, November 12, 2014. The teachers were angered over the government handling of the case of 43 trainee teachers killed in September.
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Another view of the fire in the state congress. The protests were part of a wave of demonstrations triggered by the announcement that the students had been killed by a local drug gang in concert with corrupt police.
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The protesters also targeted the building of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's PRI political party in Chilpancingo. The graffiti reads, "Accomplices murderers Ayotzi lives!!!" Ayotzi is a nickname for the town where the students studied.
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Masked protesters run out of PRI party building in Morelia, Michoacan State, which was also vandalized.
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The protesters in Morelia trash the inside of the local PRI building.
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In Chilpancingo, the teacher’s union protesters also vandalized the comptroller's office of the Secretary of the Department of Education.
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A news photographer takes pictures of cars set alight by the teacher’s union protesters in Chilpancingo.
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Firefighters try to extinguish the car fires in Chilpancingo.