Stampede! Police horses escape in Mexico City - and trample a dozen cars
Video shot by a motorist and posted here shows the saddled horses galloping through traffic on the Circuito Bicentenario.
The first animals set off down down the street and the rest followed.
Police say the animals became frightened by the sound of car engines as they were being taken out of their trailers near Congress, where they were being used to control protesters.
Local television showed pictures of a wrecked taxi, which was trampled by the horses in the stampede.
Some of the horses were injured and treated by the side of a road by a vet.
A police department spokesperson said one person suffered minor injuries, and added that the city's government will pay for any damage caused by the stampede.
One eyewitness said: 'I had stopped at the traffic light when I heard the horses coming.
'A horse hit the car. The horse fell, got up and continued.'
He added: 'There were at least 25 horses stampeding.'
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