Mexican Government Registers Nearly 100,000 Missing Persons
Secretary of the Interior Luisa María Alcalde said the López Obrador administration has located 20,193 missing persons across López Obrador’s six-year term
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Five Youths Kidnapped and Killed in Jalisco’s Los Altos Region
A series of graphic photos and videos posted to social media after the youths’ Friday night disappearance has led Jalisco authorities to believe the group of five boys are now deceased
Read moreLoret de Mola Provides Insight into Murillo Karam’s Arrest
By KELIN DILLON Following the Aug. 19 arrest of former Mexican Attorney General (FGR) Jesús Murillo Karam, who now faces life in prison following his purported role in the unsolved Ayotzinapa case surrounding 43 missing students, journalist for daily Mexican newspaper El Universal and political analyst Carlos Loret de Moa released a scathing criticism detailing his seven takeaways from the
Read moreParents of Ayotzinapa Students Lament 4T’s Lack of Progress
By KELIN DILLON On Tuesday, March 29, parents and families of the 43 students from Ayotzinapa who disappeared in September 2014 took to a conference to express their disappointment and angry feelings toward the administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). In its three years in office thus far, the López Obrador administration has done little to resolve
Read moreMexico’s AG Hides Army Statement on Missing Students
By KELIN DILLON Less than a week after families of the 43 disappeared students from Mexico’s Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College met with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and the federal government to demand answers about the military’s involvement in the 2014 event, the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) Alejandro Gertz Manero released the military’s 239-page statement as
Read moreParents of Missing Ayotzinapa Students Demand Investigation
By KELIN DILLON Seven years after 43 male students from Mexico’s Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College were kidnapped and disappeared on Sept. 26, 2014, the students’ parents have demanded the federal government and President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) deepen investigation into the army’s purported role in the tragic event. Allegations and evidence of the 27 Infantry Battalion of Iguala’s involvement
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