Is this what our nation is heading towards?? Is this what we can expect if strict immigration reform is passed into law???

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlene ... O-RIOT.xml

SAN SALVADOR ATENCO, Mexico (Reuters) - Over 1,000 riot police firing tear gas flooded into a town at the edge of Mexico City on Thursday to hunt for agents taken hostage in a riot sparked by flower traders that left at least one dead.

National television images showed police clad in body armor sweeping into the frequently fractious farming town of San Salvador Atenco, 15 miles north of Mexico City, and hauling off bleeding protesters.

Violence exploded in the area on Wednesday when police arrested roadside traders suspected of illegally selling flowers. Dozens more were arrested later in the day.

A 14-year-old boy was killed in the rioting and some reports, denied by the government, say a police officer also lost his life.

Fifty police officers were injured, 11 seriously, state Gov. Enrique Pena Nieto said, and dozens were arrested.

During the chaos, angry demonstrators cornered 11 policemen and took them hostage. The protesters released several of the men in the early hours of Thursday morning but some reports said up to six of them had not been found yet.