MEXICO: Angry residents in a town close to Mexico City set fire to buses after a bus driver runs over and kills elderly couple

Record ID: 1542844

  • Title: MEXICO: Angry residents in a town close to Mexico City set fire to buses after a bus driver runs over and kills elderly couple
  • Date: 11th March 2011
  • Summary: SAN FRANCISCO ACUAUTLA, STATE OF MEXICO, MEXICO (MARCH 9, 2011) (REUTERS) RESIDENTS THROWING STONES AT BUS RESIDENTS TRYING TO TURN OVER BUS VARIOUS OF RIOT POLICEMEN WALKING INTO TOWN SEATS INSIDE BUS SET ON FIRE VARIOUS OF BUS ON FIRE (4 SHOTS) WOMAN AGGRESSIVELY DEFENDING RESIDENTS' ACTIONS MORE OF BUS ON FIRE (2 SHOTS) VARIOUS OF RESIDENTS THROWING STONES AT RIOT POLICEMEN RESIDENTS HITTING BUS WITH STICKS AND STONES RESIDENTS RUNNING NEXT TO STREET IN CLOUDS OF TEAR GAS RIOT POLICEMEN ARRESTING A RESIDENT MORE OF RIOT POLICEMEN PREPARING TO CONTROL MOB
  • Embargoed: 26th March 2011 12:21
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  • Location: Mexico, Mexico
  • Country: Mexico
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVAERFOUSNBPSBB6RRJ9H2PLL605
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3
  • Story Text: An enraged mob of residents set fire to two buses and vandalized another four after a bus driver run over and killed an elderly couple in the town of San Francisco Acuautla in Ixtapaluca, some 40 kilometres (21 miles) east from Mexico City.
    Married couple Edugives Zamora and Luis Pacheco, who were both in their seventies, were killed while crossing the road. Eyewitnesses said one of the victims was in a wheel chair.
    According to local media, town residents protested during hours until riot policemen arrived and dispersed the crowd with tear gas. The protesters replied by throwing stones and bashing the buses with sticks.
    The bus driver escaped when the angry mob tired to lynch him. The culprit is still at large.
    Ixtapaluca mayor said the permit of the bus company in question, Autotransportes, has been cancelled pending further investigations.
    Angry residents told policemen bus drivers from this company usually drive perilously and constantly fight over routes.
    Residents also blocked surrounding highways during the uprising.
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