The murder of Yanqui Kothan Gómez Peralta, a normalista (student-teacher), led to a series of protests by Ayotzinapa students, who on March 9 set fire to National Guard patrols.
On March 9, students from the Raúl Isidro Burgos Rural Normal School in Ayotzinapa detained members of the National Guard around 7 p.m. and burned the two patrol cars in which they were traveling.
The action is part of the protests against the murder of Yanqui Rotán Gómez Peralta, which occurred on Thursday night in Chilpancingo.
The National Guard was detained at the Vicente Guerrero monument, at the exit of Tixtla, on the highway that connects this capital with Chilapa, in the Mountain region.
A contingent of between 80 and 100 students intercepted the two patrol cars that were circulating on the Tixtla-Chilapa highway, near the monument, and burned one of the two patrol cars right there. One of the units intercepted and set on fire is number 28117. The two patrol cars that were set on fire are those with a turret, in which eight members usually travel.
The second patrol was set on fire at the Adolfo Cienfuegos y Camus Boarding School, very close to the monument to Vicente Guerrero, also at the exit of the capital of this municipality where the Normal School facilities are located.
About an hour after their detention, the members of the National Guard were released at the Normal facilities, located at the entrance of Tixtla.
It was 10 members in total. Among them were commanders of the National Guard.
During the detention and burning of the cars, two automatic rifles were left on the road.