In Guadalajara, Mexico, on May 28, extreme police repression broke out at the Latin American-European Union Trade Summit (ALCUE). Global justice activists demanding public participation and democratic debate over development polices, along with bystanders, were brutally beaten, gassed, and arrested. As the week went on, police continued to arbitrarily arrest youth on the streets. Twenty-five activists remain in jail as of June 11 and there are reports of widespread abuse. An Independent Media Center photographer is still in critical condition after she suffered severe head trauma and cranial swelling at the hands of Mexican police. For more info, see guadalajara.mediosindependientes.org

(Photo by Guadalajara IMC)