There was violence in Chilpancingo yesterday, heralding the approach of the first anniversary of the Ayotzinapa-Iguala case.

The offices of the Guerrero prosecutor’s office were vandalized by about 500 people who destroyed computer equipment and furniture, broke windows and set a security booth on fire.

The masked attackers are suspected to have been normal school students, many from the Ayotzinapa school from which 43 students disappeared in Iguala on September 26 last year.

But state Attorney General Miguel Angel Godínez said today it isn’t certain who the assailants were, suggesting it might have been a “radical group” taking advantage of the circumstances.

The prosecutor’s offices were empty when the attack took place because workers are currently on strike, demanding the payment of a bonus they are owed.

One report said many of the striking workers attempted without success to prevent the students from entering the facilities.

The latter arrived about 11:00am yesterday aboard 10 buses, vandalized the building, posted photos of the missing Ayotzinapa students and left. There were no arrests.

Godínez said yesterday’s actions did nothing to advance the cause of justice or clear up the Ayotzinapa case. Instead, they contributed to impunity because the state prosecutor has limited resources, he said.

Source: El Universal (sp), Excélsior (sp)