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Protesters decapitate statue of former Mexican president Felipe Calderón
Original: Statue of former president and launcher of the "drug war" Felipe Calderón decapitated by protesters from the Mexican Uni
Protesters from Mexico's Union of Electricians (SME) decapitated a statue of former president Felipe Calderón, who launched the country's militarised 'drug war' after taking office in 2006. The union has longstanding grievances against Calderón, whose 2009 liquidation of the state electricity company Luz y Fuerza del Centro cost thousands of electricians their jobs. Images of the vandalised monument are circulating widely online.
Why now: The dramatic vandalising of a statue revives anger over Calderón's drug war and his dissolution of the electricians' union's employer in 2009.
Felipe CalderónMexican Union of Electricians (SME)Mexico
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- Statue of former president and launcher of the "drug war" Felipe Calderón decapitated by protesters from the Mexican Union of Electricians (SME), who have their own beef with Calderón for liquidating the public electricity company they worked for in 2009, resulting in the mass… · susurros@kolektiva.social · 15
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