Imagine 43 students suddenly vanishing with hardly a trace. Then add half a dozen dead bodies, more than 100 arrests, mass graves, allegations of torture, political scandals, a protest movement not seen since the 1960s and a prison escape by the world's most wanted criminal. That is what Mexico has gone through, just in the past year.
"Mexico needs to resolve the case as soon as possible, not only to solve this crime, but also to prove to the world that there is a light at the end of the tunnel of impunity in Mexico," El Universal newspaper said in an editorial.
MEXICO CITY – Independent foreign investigators refuted Sunday the Mexican government's conclusion that 43 students abducted last year were incinerated in a landfill, tearing apart the official probe into a case that caused international outrage
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Mexico marked six months Thursday since the disappearance of 43 college students, with parents of the young men holding new protests...
