430 arrest warrants were issued for other students and activists, and families report that they are harassed by police vigilantes. The students lawyer, Juan de Dios Hern ndez has received an arrest warrant as well as several death threats. One student who had received a scholarship to attend University of California at Berkeley was arrested outside of the US embassy when he applied for his visa. Another student was arrested outside of an interview with Television Azteca in which he called for unity and the release of the prisoners. Many students and families have been forced to abandon their homes, living underground to protect themselves.
Parents denounce that the students are being illegally detained and tortured.
Both female and male students report that they were strip searched, beaten and groped by groups of policemen who threaten to rape them. The state controlled corporate media intensifies their unavailing attack on the legitimacy of the students and the movement. They portray the strikers as delinquents, criminals, and terrorists, falsely accusing them of destroying school property and attacking university officials. The Attorney General s Office publicly accused the students of terrorism, sabotage, riot, sedition, assault and robbery. The robbery charges were filed by PFP elements who claim the students stole their helmets, shields and nightsticks while they were being arrested by 2,600 PFP elements.