Thousands protest in Mexico demanding President's resignation
16 Sept 2016 12:08 PM IST16 Sept 2016 12:08 PM IST
The protesters demanded his resignation over drug violence, corruption and his meeting with Donald Trump.
Thousands of people protested in Mexico City, demanding that President Enrique Pena Nieto resign now' over his handling of drug violence, corruption and his meeting with Donald Trump.- A Mexican flag adorned with black mourning ribbons flies during a march demanding the resignation of Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto.
- Some shouted Pena out!' while one sign read: We're missing 43. State crime!'
- Parents of 43 students missing since September 2014 joined the protest, with people angry at the government's failure to solve the case, almost two years after they were abducted by police and allegedly killed by a drug cartel.
- Riot police stood near the Zocalo to block access to protesters, who marched under the rallying cry resign now.'
- They marched across the capital toward the Zocalo square, where the president traditionally stands on a balcony of the National Palace the night before the holiday to replicate the \"Grito\" or shout of independence made in 1810.
- A protestor's face is painted with tears of fake blood during a march calling for the resignation of Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto in Mexico City.
- Demonstrators held a sign reading Pena Nieto INEPT, RESIGN for the good of Mexico!' and waved blackened flags of Mexico on the eve of the country's Independence Day.
Thousands of people protested in Mexico City, demanding that President Enrique Pena Nieto ‘resign now’ over his handling of drug violence, corruption and his meeting with Donald Trump.
The protesters demanded his resignation over drug violence, corruption and his meeting with Donald Trump.
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