'Enough, I'm tired' comment rallies Mexico protest

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By MARIA VERZA

MEXICO CITY (AP) — An off-the-cuff comment by the attorney general to cut off a news conference about the apparent killing of 43 missing college students has been taken up by protesters as a rallying cry against Mexico's corruption and drug trade-fueled violence.

During the session that was televised live Friday, Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam announced that two suspects had led authorities to trash bags believed to contain the incinerated remains of the slain students, who haven't been seen since being led away by police in the southwestern town of Iguala on Sept. 26.

After an hour of speaking, Murillo Karam abruptly signaled for an end to questions by turning away from reporters and saying, "Ya me canse" — a phrase meaning "Enough, I'm tired."

Within hours, the phrase became a hashtag linking messages on Twitter and other social networks. It continued to trend globally Saturday and began to emerge in graffiti, in political cartoons and in video messages posted to YouTube.

FULL story at link.



Demonstrators march with crosses with writing that reads in Spanish "Narco Cops" in protest for the disappearance of 43 students in the state of Guerrero, in Mexico City, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014. Federal police detained yesterday Iguala Mayor Jose Luis Abarca and his wife, Maria de los Angeles Pineda, who are accused of ordering the Sept. 26 attacks on teachers' college students that left six dead and 43 still missing. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

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[cbayer]

1. I am glad this story is getting an increasing amount of air time

outside of Mexico. It's an ugly story and the people here are sick of all of this.

[a la izquierda]

4. +1000

[burrowowl]

2. K&R

[Judi Lynn]

3. Door to Mexico president's ceremonial palace set alight in massacre protest

Door to Mexico president's ceremonial palace set alight in massacre protest
Source: Reuters - Sun, 9 Nov 2014 06:29 GMT

MEXICO CITY, Nov 8 (Reuters) - A group of protesters set fire to the wooden door of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's ceremonial palace in Mexico City's historic city center late on Saturday, denouncing the apparent massacre of 43 trainee teachers.

The group, carrying torches, broke away from what had been a mostly peaceful protest demanding justice for the students, who were abducted six weeks ago and apparently murdered and incinerated by corrupt police in league with drug gang members.

Police put out the flames and enforced fencing designed to keep the protesters away from the National Palace, which was built for Hernan Cortes after the Spanish conquest and now houses Mexico's finance ministry.

Pena Nieto lives in a presidential residence across town, and was not in the palace at the time.

More:
http://www.trust.org/item/20141109062845-86fem/

[Chemisse]

5. I'll bet the loved ones of those 43 kids are pretty tired too.

Tired of crying themselves to sleep each night.

What a horrible tragedy.

[Guaguacoa]

6. Unfortunately this is the attitude here

and people are more than tired of it. The government is not used to solving these types of crimes and normally deathes are just written off as narcos killing narcos and just the family and friends are left knowing the truth. In this case it's hard to cover up, but the attitude is still there

"Narco cops" is used a lot as is pri called the "narco gobierno".

Many people there won't get this, but the most devastating thing the government did here to the people was make it virtually impossible to own firearms for protection. The police and narcos are heavily armed, with military grade full auto weapons, and the people are at the mercy of both. They slaughter us at will. Would owning weapons get many killed? Yes, but better to die fighting than on your knees.