Morelia (Mexico), Nov 13 (IANS/EFE): Hundreds of students blocked access to the airport in this city, the capital of the Mexican state of Michoacan, to protest the disappearance of 43 students on Sep 26 in Iguala while another group of young people raided and trashed the offices of the governing Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
Students from at least eight teaching schools blocked the main entrance to the airport, located in the town of Alvaro Obregon, forcing airport personnel to enter the facility by way of the hanger zone, airport officials said Wednesday.
The young people arrived at the airport shortly before midday in buses that they had taken over by force on the 21st Century Highway, which links Morelia with the Pacific coast.
So far, the demonstration has not resulted in the suspension of any flights, officials in the office of Michoacan commissioner Alfredo Castillo told Spanish news agency Efe.
Besides blocking access to the airport, the students also took over several tollbooths and announced Thursday they would occupy 113 city halls in Michoacan, where they would place photos of the 43 missing students.
Meanwhile, about 70 young people arrived at the local PRI headquarters in three buses, threw stones and other objects at the windows and then entered the offices where they destroyed the furniture, computers and televisions.
They also wrote slogans on the walls saying "Complete support for Ayotzi (a reference to the missing students' Ayotzinapa teacher-training college)", "They were taken away alive, we want them back alive", "We're not all here, 43 are missing" and "Out with bad government".
The PRI personnel were able to leave the offices before the attack and no injuries were reported.
The Morelia offices of the conservative National Action Party (PAN) and the minority New Alliance were destroyed by student protesters Tuesday.
Demonstrations were also staged Wednesday in the southern state of Oaxaca, where students blocked tollbooths and government offices.
The disappearance of the 43 teaching students has sparked many demonstrations in Mexico, most of them peaceful, although there have been some violent acts, particularly in Guerrero, such as angry crowds burning government buildings and the offices of political parties.