Tenochtitlan (ACN): Rivalling the crisis in Venezuela and Argentina, thousands of well organized campesinos (agricultural workers) stormed and broke into the Mexican Congress yesterday forcing many of the congressmen to run for their lives and attempt to climb over the security fence surrounding the Palacio Legislativo de San Lazaro. The campesinos are in extreme desperation because of the worsening conditions in the agricultural sectors of Mexico and the lack of forthcoming solutions by the legislature.
Hundreds of the campesinos were able to penetrate into the congressional building after first parking 6 tractors in the front entrance to the building, spreading smelly manure and throwing rotten vegetables against the walls. The group was accompanied by 4 pigs, two that had the names of President Vicente Fox and of Secretary of Foreign Relations Jorge C. Gutman.
Hundreds of the campesinos were able to penetrate into the congressional building after first parking 6 tractors in the front entrance to the building, spreading smelly manure and throwing rotten vegetables against the walls. The group was accompanied by 4 pigs, two that had the names of President Vicente Fox and of Secretary of Foreign Relations Jorge C. Gutman.
The campesinos were led by 14 jinetes (horseriders) carrying Mexican flags. Four of the horseriders along with scores of the campesinos broke the glass facade, entered the building and headed towards the auditorium where Congress was in session. Despite promptings by the President of the Mexican Congress, Beatriz Paredes Rangel, to the legislators to remain calm, many panicked and ran to the back of the building where they desperately tried to climb over the fence.