Mexico, Drug Gangs Targeting Teachers

Posted on December 12, 2010 • Filed under: Crime, Drug Activity, Mexico, Organized Crime, Uncategorized

Now as Christmas approaches, mobsters have chosen a new target, turning their sights on humble schoolteachers.

Painted threats scrawled outside numerous public schools demand that teachers hand over their Christmas bonuses or face the possibility of an armed attack on the teachers — and even the children.

To make the point clear, assailants set fire to a federal preschool in the San Antonio district a week ago, leaving the director’s office in smoldering ruins. Read Article

Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/12/11/105130/mexicos-drug-gangs-aim-at-new.html#ixzz17uOzj9Jo

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