Mexico’s protests over the disappearances of 43 student teachers in southern Guerrero state have spilled into government offices and on to the region’s bottom line.  Acapulco is the major destination in Guerrero, but the all-important tourism sector is starting to take a hit.

Business associations say that Acapulco’s hotels are dealing with a massive number of cancellations for this three-day holiday weekend commemorating the 1910 Mexican Revolution.  And another round of cancellations have been registered for Christmas week, the busiest time of the year for Acapulco tourism.  Earlier this week, protesters blocked access to Acapulco’s airport for several hours and kicked the crap out of a cop they caught.

In Guerrero state’s capital Chilpancingo, 500 protesters stormed into the empty Guerrero state legislature and burned the library and the chamber where local lawmakers hold sessions, as well as several cars.  Another group torched the education department's audit office in another part of town.  In earlier protests, the police ran from the uprising.

On 26 September, police shot into the buses carrying the student teachers to a protest in Iguala, and delivered the 43 students to the Guerreros Unidos drug gang at the orders of Iguala’s mayor.  Three gang members confessed to murdering the 43 and burning the bodies.  Dozens of people have been arrested, including the mayor and his wife, the chief of police and several officers, and members of the Guerreros Unidos gang.