Mexican police detain hundreds of students after a protest turns violent in the colonial city of Morelia.<br/> <br />Authorities say students were demanding access to university hostels over the weekend when masked men upped the ante by spraying gas on a police vehicle and setting it ablaze with Molotov cocktails.<br/> <br />The students were calling for government support after some of their own were evicted from three hostels.<br/> <br />Some of the protesters holed up in buildings set their mattresses on fire, prompting fire crews to rush to the scene.<br/> <br />The state governor insisted the evictions were legal.<br/> <br />Jessica Gray, Reuters
