Mexican schools appear increasingly vulnerable to the country’s drug violence, with five human heads dumped outside one school and threats of a grenade attack on another in the past week alone.
From northern border areas to Acapulco, on the Pacific coast, to the port of Veracruz, on the Gulf of Mexico, the trend has seen parents keep their children at home as both students and teachers see themselves as targets.
The five decomposing heads were found near an elementary school Tuesday in the port city of Acapulco, where teachers have been on strike for nearly a month to seek better security and protest extortion attempts on their salaries.“We’ve asked for help from the army and the police, who are patrolling in the area.”Around a dozen men were detained in relation to the banners on Friday.
The fears appear excessive but are “part of the deterioration of daily life in some communities, as violence affects civilians in public places,” according to Javier Oliva, an expert in security issues at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.“We’ve asked for help from the army and the police, who are patrolling in the area.”Around a dozen men were detained in relation to the banners on Friday.
The fears appear excessive but are “part of the deterioration of daily life in some communities, as violence affects civilians in public places,” according to Javier Oliva, an expert in security issues at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
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