Teachers take booth in Chiapas despite new law

Chiapas.- Teachers of the National Front of Struggle for Socialism (FNLS) and the Democratic State Assembly of Section 40 of the CNTE took the collection booth of Chiapa de Corzo, in Chiapas, despite the new law in force that imposes up to 7 years in prison on those who take booths and roads for profit. Around 40 people with sticks and their faces covered were stationed on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, within the framework of International Women’s Day, in the Chiapas booth to collect fees of 50 to 100 pesos per vehicle, according to sources of the National Guard.The protesters kept the toll booth taken for at least 12 hours, sources said. Read more: Weather forecast today: Hot weather expected in much of MexicoThe “tomacasetas” demand the presentation of detainees and disappeared, the release of political prisoners and the dismantling of paramilitary groups. They warned that as long as the requests are not met, they will maintain the seizure of toll points. On Sunday, students from the Rural School of Mactumactzá also took the booth of Chiapa de Corzo to demand that the State Government, in charge of the Morenoite Rutilio Escandón, comply with the agreements to improve the conditions of the campus. Meanwhile, in Sonora the Yaqui tribe also makes illegal toll collections at at least three points of the international highway 15 that goes from Ciudad Obregón to the border with the United States Unidos.La community has maintained that for the mere fact of passing through its territory you have to pay floor on that road, so they have installed three points where they charge drivers 100 pesos to pass. At the end of last year, the Chamber of Deputies approved reforms to the Law on General Roads of Communication to punish with up to seven years in prison those who take the collection booths and block roads. On February 4, hooded normalistas of the Normal of Ayotzinapa, in Guerrero, took the booth of Palo Blanco, to demand the “voluntary collection of motorists. The National Guard intervened to remove the protesters, causing the students to throw explosive devices, stones and glass bottles at federal agents. The protesters even drove a driverless trailer at the Feds who remained on the road. Since that date, the National Guard has guarded the collection booths of Paso Morelos, Palo Blanco and La Venta to avoid losses of at least 70 million pesos, according to the Coordination Table for the Construction of Peace.Read more: Are you looking for a job? Netflix announces its vacancies and requirements for Mexicans In early February, SNTE teachers and administrative staff of that educational union in Hidalgo took booths on at least three roads, which left an affectation of 200 million pesos. Collapse in stone mine leaves four injured in Toluca; have already been taken care of

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