Protesters Free Policemen Captured In Clash At College

Mon., Feb. 21, 2000

Hundreds of protesters have freed the 65 policemen they captured during a clash over control of a teachers’ college, according to news reports Sunday.

Several police and protesters were injured during the weekend protest in the Hidalgo state town of Tepatepec, 50 miles north of Mexico City, the reports said. Protesters also burned more than a dozen police cars.

State officials and town leaders met briefly Sunday to discuss the conflict over the Tepatepec’s teachers college, but there was no word on an agreement.

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