Protesters, relatives and families of the 43 student teachers missing since mid-September gathered at the International Airport in Acapulco, Mexico last Monday in order to demand the force closure of the airfield as they press that more should be done in finding the remains of the youth.

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The protesters were seen armed with machetes, picks, shovels and incendiary bombs and dozens of the buses that served as their transportation blocked the access of other people to the said airport. The protest lasted for more than three hours, causing the tourists and travelers to walk on the highway with their luggage to get to the airport since the entrances were been blocked.

According to reports, the demonstration was peaceful at first but later turned violent as police clashed with the group. A local television station showed a footage showing masked protesters rioting with the police officials.

A public security official confirmed that there 11 officers were injured in the incident.

Felipe de la Cruz, one of the fathers of the missing students and the spokesperson of the group of protesters, said that they only intended to shut down the airport for three hours and it will be done peacefully and symbolically. He added that flights will not be able to depart but the protests will not harm the travelers.

As for the weapons that the protesters carried, Cruz pressed it was there way to defend themselves from those who might have massacred the students.

Mexican authorities last week provided proof that the students were indeed killed and burned. However, the families could not accept that the bodies in several bags found in a river near the place where the students disappeared were their children.

According to Guerrero Governor Rogelio Ortega, he would not stop the rallies and he would rather resign if the case was not solved.

Also, Attorney General Jesús Murillo Karam pressed that the students were still considered missing as the investigations are still ongoing and the remains found near the river are to be sent to the University of Innsbruck in Austria for DNA testing.

The mayor of Iguala, Mexico, Jose Luis Abarca, is being blamed for the disappearance of the students and insiders have noted that he and his wife, Maria de los Angeles Pineda, planned the abduction. They are now in the custody of police officials. 

TagsMexico, missing students, student teachers, Acapulco International Airport, force closure, Jose Luis Abarca, Maria de los Angeles Pineda