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LatAm Schools Under Attack by Traffickers
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February 15, 2010
Mexico City – Regarding the fight against drug trafficking, Mexico and Brazil have reported cases of armed forces invading schools controlled by the mafia and fighting them right there, stated a report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Feb. 12.
Brendan O’Malley, an analyst of the UNESCO, wrote the report entitled “Education under attack 2010.”
Some schools that are under the control of drug traffickers have been the scenario of brutal battles between police forces and drug traffickers.
There have been cases in Mexico and Brazil where “security forces invade establishments controlled by drug gangs and fight them right there.”
The report states that the siege of schools has not only occurred in remote or isolated areas where people murder students and teachers in opposition to the education of girls and women, but also in places where authorities fight drug traffickers.
Worldwide, there have been attacks against schools by irregular armed forces and some times military forces.
Between January 2007 and July 2009, acts of violence were committed in at least 32 countries located in the regions of Asia, the Middle East, South America, the Caribbean, and Africa. In Afghanistan the incidents increased from 242 attacks in 2007 to 670 in 2008.
“In a worryingly large number of places there are times when students, teachers and academics have good reason to fear that if they turn up to work or lectures they risk being bombed by rebels or picked off by assassins or even abducted by their own government’s security forces,” said O’Malley. |
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