Thousands participate in nation wide marches, in support of missing and killed Ayotzinapa students

Borderland Beat posted by Lala

Depending on whose figures one chooses to go with, fifteen to 20 thousand protestors marched in support of the students of Ayotzinapa, the rally was held at the monument of  the Angel of Independence at  the Zócalo in Mexico City.

Several colleges such as UNAM and IPN, human rights organizations, along side people outside any group showing up to lend their support.   

Thousands more marched in the Guerrero Capital city of  Chilpancingo, and many small towns of the state, Oaxaca City had an impresive turnout. Other states:

Coahuila, Chiapas, Jalisco, Michoacan, Queretaro, Nuevo Leon, Chihuahua, Quintana Roo, Morelos, DUrango, San Luis Potosi, and Puebla.

Protestors chanted phrases like "You are not alone!" and "We ask for education and are given bullets."

'In the Zocalo held a rally in which parents spoke of missing pupils and students. The actor Daniel Giménez Cacho and vocalist of Café Tacuba, Ruben Albarran, read a statement signed by many organizations

Brown University Rhode Is.

The Universidad Iberoamericana issued a statement in which The institution sympathized "with the community of the institution, with the families of young people victimized and missing.

"It also demanded the prompt clarification of the facts, prosecution and punishment of those responsible, and the administration of due process of integral reparation and non-repetition of "these heinous acts."

EZLN Zapatistas Silent march

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Report Arturo Sanchez (Arturosji)