Tijuana, Mexico - Inmates of La Mesa state prison seized control of the facility Sunday afternoon after a 19-year-old prisoner was allegedly murdered by guards, during a mid-day search for contraband. Rioting broke out shortly there after while 1,200 visitors were in the prison. About 600 of the visitors were trapped inside as federal police surrounded the compound. 3 Prisoners were killed, and another 25 seriously injured during the unrest.

Inmates took 8 prison officials hostage and burned down many prison buildings. Three prisoners attempted to escape during the confusion but were quickly recaptured. Masked inmates hung a banner from the roof of one of the prison buildings that read in Spanish 'Justice. Guards. Assassins.' Prison guard Alex Cervantes Jaramillo was arrested, and police are looking for the prison's top commander Marco Antonio Ibarra Chavez, and his lieutenant, Daniel Ibarra Perez in connection to the murder of inmate Israel Marquez Blanco.

It took joint force of federal soldiers and riot police 12 hours to free the hostages and regain control of the facility which continued to burn into the night. Much of the prison was destroyed by the fires.

Santiago, Chile - A march in memory of the victims of the Pinochet regime ended in riots as the country of observes the 35th anniversary of his assent to power. Anarchists looted and vandalized shops including a gas station, and set fire to traffic signals and public garbage cans that were then left in the streets. Riot police with a water cannon engaged the mob who fought back with rocks, bottles, and molotov cocktails. Protesters also burned American flags, some of them homemade, to highlight the C.I.A.'s role in propping up the Pinochet regime. Thousands took part in the demonstration yesterday, 19 of whom were arrested by police.

Cordón Macul, Chile - Yesterday masked molotov cocktail wielding anarchists have clashed with police and attacked corporate and state property on numerous occasions since the start of what they have dubbed "Black September." Last night rioters attacked a McDonalds resturaunt and burned tires and other debris in the roadway, blocking traffic.

The riots and anti-state violence commemorates the September 11, 1998 murder of the anarchist combatant Claudia López and the September 11th, 1973 CIA backed military coup that replaced the democratically elected leftist Salvador Allende with General Augusto Pinochet. Lopez was gunned down by police while defending a barricade during anti-government demonstrations commemorating the coup.

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Saint Paul, Minnesota - Last week four days of anti-government protest concluded with the mass arrest of nearly 400 demonstrators, journalists and bystanders outside the Republican National Convention. The protests opened Monday with an roving anarchist march that clashed with police and left a trail of smashed storefront windows, overturned dumpsters, and trashed police cars in it's wake. One patriotic vigilante who attempted to intervene was beaten by masked anarchists. Fewer than five people were arrested before the black-clad masked anarchists "seemingly disappeared."

Police attempted to intimidate protests by preemptively arresting anarchist organizers and raiding their homes and a protest welcome / convergence center. Law enforcement officers and their informants also infiltrated activist groups and spaces more than a year prior to the convention. Eight of the arrested organizers affiliated with the RNC Welcoming Committee now face conspiracy charges under Minnesota's Patriot Act. If Convicted individuals could face up to almost eight years in prison.

On the streets thousands of National Guard troops and police Some of whom came from as far away as Texas, Arizona, New York, Florida, and California used teargas, tasers, rubber bullets, batons, and pepper spray on demonstrators. Allegations have surfaced that police tortured some individuals after they were arrested. In all 816 people were arrested around the convention. (video)

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