Mexicans storm congress
chambers on horseback. |
Anti-NAFTA
protesters storm into Mexican Congress on horseback
Anti-NAFTA protesters stormed
the lower house of the Mexican Congress late Tuesday, riding
horses into the lobby and breaking down an ornate wooden door
as they spilled onto the legislative floor. A visibly shaken
Beatriz Paredes, the legislature's president, begged for calm
and called on federal authorities to intervene as more than 150
farmers, ranchers and teachers broke up a legislative session
where legislators had been discussing next year's budget.
Mexican
Congress stormed again
Protesters stormed Congress on Thursday for the
second time in three days, breaking down a door before being
pushed back by police and security guards.
Mexican
workers seize factory
Some 250 workers took control
of a border-city factory to prevent machinery from being removed
by U.S. owners intent on closing the premises without giving
the severance pay and Christmas bonuses required by law, La Jornada
daily reported Thursday. |
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