Protesters smash door of Mexico’s presidential palace with truck
- A group demonstrating over 43 missing students tried to force their way into the building as the president was giving a news conference inside
- Police used tear gas to disperse the protesters, and barriers were set up to keep them from penetrating the building
A group protesting the disappearance of 43 students in Mexico in 2014 knocked down a door to the country’s presidential palace, video from local television stations showed on Wednesday morning.
The protesters rammed down the door using a white pickup truck from Mexico’s state electrical company, videos showed, while President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was giving his daily morning press conference inside.
Police at the scene used tear gas to disperse the group and law enforcement erected barriers within the palace to keep the protesters from penetrating the building.
By midmorning the scene was calm, according to a witness, with the door to the palace secured and no protesters inside the building.
More than a 100 protesters remained camped outside the palace. Local media reported that some involved in the smashing of the door had been arrested.