Mob Attacks 4 Police Officers, Seizes 3 Others
A mob attacked four state police officers in the town of Santiago Atlatongo, near the ancient pyramids of Teotihuacan, and took three other officers hostage, authorities said.
The trouble began when four Mexico state police officers tried to take four people into custody, one of them a local justice of the peace.
Responding to an emergency call, more than 150 state police officers flooded the area and rescued the four officers.
More police arrived in riot gear and fired tear gas to disperse the mob, but local residents took an additional three officers hostage and demanded the release of people arrested in the clashes.
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