July 9, 1999

Opposition Grows to 'Ultra Radicals' Who Have Closed Mexico's Largest University

By RHONA STATLAND de LOPEZ

Mexico is losing patience with a group of striking students that have held the country's largest university hostage for more than two months.

The country's President, Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon, has denounced what he called the protesters'"brutal aggression" against the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He said the strikers' actions were "hurting the huge majority, who want to study to get ahead." No classes have been held

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