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Mexican activists occupy university buildings to protest sexual violence

Students gesture during the 'March of Silence' to demand the end of violence against students of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City, Mexico September 13, 2018. ©REUTERS/Gustavo Graf

Authorities have asked protesters to return control of the buildings as coronavirus cases rise across the country. 

The students say that won’t happen until more is done to keep them safe from violence and sexual harassment. 

According to official figures, the number of homicides in Mexico climbed to a new high in 2019, reaching more than 34,000. 

Ed O'Brien reports from Mexico city.

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