MEXICO CITY, November 10 (RIA Novosti) — Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto condemned protests over students' murder early Monday after the National Palace was set on fire.
"It's unacceptable that someone should try to use this tragedy to justify violence," Pena told reporters at the airport on his way to Beijin, where Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit takes place.
"You can't demand justice while acting with violence," he added.
On Sunday a group of demonstrators protesting over the students' murder in Iguala, Mexico, set on fire the door of the National Palace (Zocalo) in the central square of Mexico City.
On Saturday hundreds of protesters attacked government building in the Mexican city of Chilpancingo, Guerrero state, accusing the government of involvement in the killing of students in Iguala, Guerrero state.
On September 26, a group of policemen, accompanied by unidentified armed people, cracked down on students in Iguala who were protesting against educational reforms. Six people were killed and 17 were injured as a result of the violence. Fifty-seven students went missing, with 14 having returned home later.
On Friday Mexican Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam reported that the detained suspects had confessed to the killings of over 40 young men, burning them and tossing the bodies in a river.
Karam warned that it would be difficult to identify the charred remains and that authorities will continue to consider the students as missing until DNA tests confirm the identities.
