New protest hits Mexico over alleged student massacre

Protesters angry at the apparent massacre of 43 Mexican students clashed with police and besieged Acapulco's airport for hours over a scandal shaking President Enrique Pena Nieto's administration.

Thousands of people marched to the Pacific resort town's international airport, with parents of the students leading the demonstration along with comrades from the missing young men's teacher-training college in the southern state of Guerrero.

The rally followed violent protests that erupted over the weekend after authorities said gang hitmen confessed to murdering the 43 students and incinerating their bodies in September after corrupt local police handed the men over.