A protest by university students in Tixtla, Mexico last week ended as corrupt police and members of a drug cartel began shooting at the unarmed students. Over 40 of them are now missing, and 28 burned bodies were discovered in the countryside on Saturday. Over a dozen members of the police and cartel who are accused of the killings have been arrested and federal police have arrived to control the area.
One student who survived the massacre tells his story in this story from NBC.
The tragedy reminds some of the famous massacre of over 100 student protesters in Mexico City before the 1968 Summer Olympics. In that case, the government sent secret police to fire at the protest and covered up the crime for years.
Last week a man jumped over a fence and ran into the White House. He entered the East Room–one of the famous rooms in the historic home of the American president–before he was finally stopped. This was very embarrassing for the Secret Service, who are the special police that protect the president. The director of the Secret Service resigned today. Some people hope a new director will make serious changes, because this event was only one of several problems with the Secret Service in the last few years.