#Yamecanse in Mexico
The initial outcry over 43 missing students taken by police in Mexico has developed into a bigger campaign against justice and crime.
Mexico
An online campaign around the hasthag #Yamecanse has been expressing the sentiment - βI have had enough.β Videos, messages and photos have been voicing frustration with authorities over the countryβs problem with corruption, crime and the drug cartels. The campaign was a reaction to the disappearance of 43 students after clashing with police. It has been 10 weeks since the students went missing, but the campaign has broadened out to a general protest against the state of the country. It is aimed not just at those in Mexico, but also calls on the international community to take action.
(Photo: People hold posters during a march demanding justice in the case of the 43 missing students. Credit to: YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Mon 8 Dec 2014 16:20GMTΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online