Clashes broke out between two groups of workers at the Cruz Azul Cement Factory in Tula, Mexico, in the state of Hidalgo. In the incidents, many vehicles were burned and the factory building was damaged.
Hidalgo State Governor Omar Fayad said in a statement that 8 people lost their lives and 11 people were injured in the incidents. Fayad stated that the violence in the factory was brought under control by the security forces and pointed out that the number of dead and injured could increase.
THE GROUP WANTED TO ATTACK THE FACTORY ATTACKED
It has been reported that the conflict in the Tula Cruz Azul Cement Factory, which is managed as a cooperative and in which the workers have shares, started when a group of workers who wanted to take over the factory came to the factory entrance with 17 buses and attacked other workers with firearms. Eyewitnesses stated that the attacking group of workers used firearms as well as Molotov cocktails.
In the statement made by the Ministry of Public Security of Hidalgo State, it was stated that many medical teams and security forces were sent to the scene after the conflict. It was reported that the group of workers who carried out the attack fled when the security forces arrived at the scene, and 9 people were arrested in the operation.