Mexican Police Attack Cananea Mine, Beating and Arresting Striking Miners by Dan La Botz | Mon, 06/07/2010 - 2:28pm
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As many as 2,000 Mexican Federal Police and Sonora State Police, supported by helicopters, invaded the Cananea copper mine Sunday night around 10 p.m., firing tear gas and attacking and beating miners who were defending the mine, according to news reports.

With the police having cleared the mine, managers from Grupo Mexico, the mine owner, took control of the facilities. The company reported that it had 2,000 “contractorsâ€