MEXICO CITY (AP) — Teachers angry over the passage of national education reform partially blocked the main approach to Mexico City’s airport Thursday, forcing passengers to leave cars and rush through streets on foot to catch flights.
Hundreds of police guarded the airport to prevent members of a dissident teachers’ union from blocking other entrances. Airport management advised passengers to take alternate routes to the airport, including the subway.
Airport administrators used federal police pickup trucks and other vehicles to transport passengers stranded by protesters.
The blockage caused traffic to back up for miles on one of the city’s main highways, increasing public anger over weeks of teacher protests. The teachers, mainly from poor southern states, are object to a measure that could break union control over the public education system.
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