Hundreds of Riot Police Threaten Occupation of Illegal Freeway in Mexico City
Submitted on December 14, 2011
By Eric Doherty - December 12, 2011
Early on Sunday morning...the Mayor of Mexico City sent hundreds of riot police into a working class neighbourhood to evict occupiers and ensure that work can proceed on his pet freeway project...Residents of the neighbourhood Magdalena Contreras along with supporters from the...(Broad Front Against the Western Superhighway and in Defense of the Environment) have mounted an occupation which has been ongoing for over a year.
