The unrest escalated after police arrested the leader of the local teachers' union during the previous weekend. CNTE has led efforts to resist the education reform, in particular its mandate to carry out evaluations of teachers. The violence erupted as anti-riot police moved in to dislodge protesters blocking a highway in the southern state of Oaxaca. "These kinds of radicalized protests generate violence," he told a news conference in the state capital of Oaxaca City. Nunez is secretary general of the CNTE's Section 22 in Oaxaca, a hotbed of resistance to government efforts to reform the education system.

Source: Standard Digital June 20, 2016 04:07 UTC