Aguacates

comment by victorio:

"Totally agree that the officials should put a stop to these illegal activities. Why do the teachers feel they have the right to commit all these offenses with impunity? They have caused the death of people. They have committed all sorts of crimes against innocent people. They have caued hundreds of thousands of pesos in property damage, and they continue to do so with total disrespect for every citizen here as well as the law. Enough."

As far as the officials putting a stop to all the illegal activities we are all too familiar with not only in this situation, but for a very long time, this is a bad seemingly never-ending "tradition" here in México.
IMO: COWARDS, both the teachers (aka delinquents) and the MX gobierno.

By now, the teachers know that they can do whatever they want, wherever, whenever, however, etc., y "NO PASA NADA" to the delinquents, Nor do they get their grievances resolved.
I think one of the reasons may be the "strength in numbers" philosophy.
I always wondered, why could they not hire a team of abogados to go up-to-bat for their cause, and negotiate, and in the meantime, continue doing the work they were hired to do?

As far as the government, I think that one reason for the lack of intervention is the fear of increasing the number of fatalities.
Imagine what the reaction would be if a Federal police killed a "teacher", trying to establish order and protects themselves.
Another reason, IMO is an apparent lack of training on how to effectively manage these situations.
Perhaps, there should be one of those "summits" where México could get some counseling on how to deal more effectively, and either prevent them from occurring in the first place, and handle them adequately, when they do present.

As far as the cowardly behavior goes, even on a local level for relatively basic problems, they just don't intervene-- "chickens" as we say.
Activities that are quite obviously not permitted in the "Bando de Policia y Buen Gobierno" are done in flagrancy, and, as usual..."NO PASA NADA."
This is the "freedom" enjoyed in México.