23rd
April
2006
Mexican Farmers strip in protest against land seizures
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Apr. 22 - Mexican farmers have stripped off in front of rush hour commuters in a protest against land seizures.
It’s not what commuters in most cities expect to see. But residents of Mexico City got an eyeful as they drove home during afternoon rush hour.
Dozens of peasant farmers protested naked in the city centre, angry over what they say was the unlawful government seizure of their lands.
They also demanded their former governor and other authorities be arrested.
Micheal Tetlow reports
SOUNDBITE: Agustin Morales, farmer and member of 400 Towns, saying, (Spanish):
“We want them to return our land to us, that there be justice and that the repressors be punished.”
- Reuters Video here
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