Celebrations and fear in Mexico
Mexican city warily awaits Independence Day celebrationsMexicans... celebrating their most cherished national holiday today, Independence Day, [with] indelible memories of unprecedented violence a year ago will make for a somber affair in some parts of the country...
Nowhere is the mood more subdued than in Morelia, capital of the western state of Michoacan and hometown of Mexican President Felipe Calderon. A year ago, it was the site of the first deliberate attack on civilians in an ever-escalating anti-drug war...
It was just minutes before the traditional grito, a late-night cry for independence that re-creates the 1810 gesture by Mexican hero Miguel Hidalgo, which launched Mexico's rebellion against Spanish rule... as bells tolled and Michoacan Gov. Leonel Godoy began to emulate the cry, assailants tossed grenades into the crowded Colonial-era plaza. Eight people were killed and more than 100 wounded...
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Labels: history, Mexico, political culture
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