Toronto, June 16^th . A group of activists denounced today Enrique Peña Nieto, governor of the state of Mexico, for having ordered a police raid on the villagers of Atenco, on May 3^rd and 4^th , resulting in the dead of two youths, the rape of 30 women, the beating of more than 200 detainees. Peña Nieto was in Toronto for the Metropolis conference of the World Association of Major Metropolises, which is made up of delegations from across the world.

Toronto, June 16^th . A group of activists denounced today Enrique Peña Nieto, governor of the state of Mexico, for having ordered a police raid on the villagers of Atenco, on May 3^rd and 4^th , resulting in the dead of two youths, the rape of 30 women, the beating of more than 200 detainees. Peña Nieto was in Toronto for the Metropolis conference of the World Association of Major Metropolises, which is made up of delegations from across the world.

The group, called the Toronto Atenco Solidarity Committee, set up a picket in front the Intercontinental Hotel in downtown Toronto at 11:30 at the same time that Peña Nieto was schedule to speak. The people carrying out the picket distributed information on the human rights violations perpetrated by 3500 police in the town of Atenco, in the state of Mexico and gathered names for a petition. Many of the leafleters commented that the reaction of the participants to the congress and even passers-by was positive. Many congratulated them for denouncing the perpetrators of human rights violations and some delegates even signed the petition.

Peña Nieto joined his session on “Private Investment in Public Infrastructure