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Recent protests in Mexico have escalated over the killing of 43 teachers' college students in a poor Mexican state
'Enough, I'm Tired' Comment Rallies Mexico Protest - ABC News
The seeming apathy by the federal government over this crime has driven nationwide protests.
Protesters try to break into Mexico City's National Palace over apparent massacre of 43
'Enough, I'm Tired' Comment Rallies Mexico Protest - ABC News
Apparently, the students had gone to the political rally of the state governor's wife to protest for higher funding for their college, which led the wife to ask her husband to "teach them a lesson". Somewhere along the way, things got out of hand and a miscommunication occurred; the 43 students were then systematically tracked down, kidnapped, cut into pieces, and burned.An off-the-cuff comment by the attorney general to cut off a news conference about the apparent killing of 43 missing college students has been taken up by protesters as a rallying cry against Mexico's corruption and drug trade-fueled violence.
During the session that was televised live Friday, Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam announced that two suspects had led authorities to trash bags believed to contain the incinerated remains of the slain students, who haven't been seen since being led away by police in the southwestern town of Iguala on Sept. 26.
After an hour of speaking, Murillo Karam abruptly signaled for an end to questions by turning away from reporters and saying, "Ya me canse" — a phrase meaning "Enough, I'm tired."
Within hours, the phrase became a hashtag linking messages on Twitter and other social networks. It continued to trend globally Saturday and began to emerge in graffiti, in political cartoons and in video messages posted to YouTube.
Many turned the phrase on the attorney general: "Enough, I'm tired of Murillo Karam," says one. Another asks: "If you're tired, why don't you resign?"
Other people used it to vent their frustrations with messages such as "Enough, I'm tired of living in a narco state" or "Enough, I'm tired of corrupt politicians."
Mexicans have reacted with outrage to the disappearance of the students from a rural teachers college in Guerrero state and a government response that has failed to fully explain what happened. On Saturday, protesters burned several cars and trucks outside the governor's offices in Chilpancingo, the Guerrero capital where demonstrations over the students' disappearance have escalated into violence several times.
The seeming apathy by the federal government over this crime has driven nationwide protests.
Protesters try to break into Mexico City's National Palace over apparent massacre of 43
A redditor explains why this is the spark driving Mexicans to protest:MEXICO CITY (AFP) - A small group of protesters tried to break into Mexico City's National Palace late on Saturday during a demonstration over the apparent massacre of 43 students that has angered the nation. The protesters slammed metal barricades against the door and briefly set it on fire but could not get into the palace, which is mostly used by President Enrique Pena Nieto for ceremonies.
After a hour long news confrence which explained the whereabouts of what they believe is the students, killed and burned and tossed into bags into a river, the attorney general was heard saying, enough, am tired as reporters kept asking questions.
Tired.
Well Mexico´s innocent population, which for years have lived with goverment riff raff from the local state and federal level are "tired" of thier taxes being used by said riff raff to live high on the hog.
In every city, no matter the size, countless kids and teens and older folks ply the street trade.
Begging for money from passing cars. Selling trinkets or washing winshields or doing a dance while the light turns green.
While Mexicos politicans have conventions at hotels with 5 star service.
Mexican politicians who wear expensive suits and shoes and new cars where they are driven back and forth from expensive apartements, paid by the taxes earn by tired Mexicans who make less than 6 US bucks a day.
Mexico is tired of the violence that has no end in sight with politicians in bed with cartel money.
Where justice is paid out to the highest bidder.
Where a corrupt teacher union boss, though caught stealing millions from teachers pensions funds, sits cozy for almost 2 years in a nice prison hospital with all the best care for her, while the normal prison population lives in huddled concrete shacks.
How tired Mexico is from all the police who demand kickbacks for protecting business and your person.
Chiefs of police in everytown it seems have been bought and paid for by cartel money. So most Mexicans dont even bother to call the cops when something bad happens.
Like bodies being burnt to a crisp, and open pits where dozens are found, headless bodies thrown over overpasses.
Heads with no bodies parked in line in front of a 7 11.
Mexicans are tired to see that so often that it has become the daily news that numb.
Mexico is tired also of elections where hopefull candidates are painted as commies and a danger to Mexico, when they are one of the only honest candidates, and have their elections stolen with the blessing of US and world media.
Mexico cant be tired enough of whats going on in daily life, where the struggle to live in peace and without attracting attention from those evil monsters who live to create havoc in others lives, like those 43 students burned alive, simply because they wanted to protest poor conditions at their poor school.
And Mexicans are pretty tired of having Mexicos goverment held up as a shiney example of democracy when their are no run off elections and a president of Mexico can win with only 38% of the electoral vote.
A minority always wins Mexicos elections, shafting the majorities wants and needs for the few.
Mexico the NAFTA pal that seems can do no wrong so that the US goverment continues to fund a out of control drug war, sending weapons and ammo and DEA FBI CIA and a cornacopia of advisors for years and have things only get worse.
Not better, and that pretty tireing.
Having drug capos fall yet nothing stops their influence and violence.
Their money flows to all levels of society and corrupts everything.
Mexico is so tired of that.
But is being tired enough for Mexico?
Can it change from beng tired to being fired up to change Mexico for the better?
In four years another chance for change for the one candidate that is hated by the tired old Mexican system of doing things, is running again.
3 times he has run, and that ONE honest politician who is condemend as a leftist monster by the press, the ONE Mexican politician with a proven track record of being able to handle the violence and poverty and jobs issue in Mexico city, making that city a small bright spot in the whole of Mexico, that politician Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will once again take to the streets of tired Mexico.
2018 will be Mexicos chance to change its tired way of doing things and finally elect a Mexican politician who is also tired of Mexico being the same tired old corrupt violence prone land, the ONE honest politician who has the plans and the proven record to change Mexico from being tired to being safe and productive for everyone.
And though its not enough for one honest politician to change tired Mexico, its a foot in the door toward real change.
Because tired old Mexico is getting fed up with things as they are and never getting better.
And if change cant come in a peacefull way, Mexicans will be tired enough to find another way not so peacefull.