Mexican Indians seize about 20 police in land dispute, demand cancellation of arrest warrants
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — People in an Indian village in southern Mexico have disarmed and seized about 20 police officers and are demanding the cancellation of arrest warrants that arose from a local land dispute.
The officers are being held in one of the poorest and most remote areas of the Pacific coast state of Guerrero.
The state government says a nearby rival village had accused inhabitants of the Nahua Indian community of Zaragoza of stealing their vehicles during a confrontation over land claimed by both sides.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police arrived in Zaragoza on Friday to arrest those responsible, but were surrounded and prevented from leaving by inhabitants.
Such seizures are often used as a pressure tactic in rural Mexico, but they sometimes turn violent.