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Mexico: 19 Months Since the 43 Ayotzinapa Students Disappeared
Protesters and family members gathered in Mexico City to demand the continued search for the 43.

Marking 19 months since the 43 Ayotzinapa students were forcibly disappeared by police in Iguala, Guerrero, the families of the victims held a commemorative march in the Mexican capital from the historic Angel of Independence Monument to the Juarez Hemicycle.

The parents of the students held a press conference to reiterate their longstanding demand that the authorities continue the search for the missing 43, and push for the prosecution of all those implicated in the crime.

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Families of the disappeared 43 Ayotzinapa students and their supporters held an evening march marking 19 months since police in Iguala, Guerrero attacked the youth on the night of Sept. 26 2014.
Families of the disappeared 43 Ayotzinapa students and their supporters held an evening march marking 19 months since police in Iguala, Guerrero attacked the youth on the night of Sept. 26 2014. Photo:Clayton Conn
A team of independent experts from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights affirm that there is evidence that at least three municipal police forces directly participated in the attack on the students.
A team of independent experts from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights affirm that there is evidence that at least three municipal police forces directly participated in the attack on the students. Photo:Clayton Conn
Although the whereabouts of the 43 remains a mystery, and the government has sought to abruptly close the case, the families of the students have kept alive a social movement demanding truth and justice in the case.
Although the whereabouts of the 43 remains a mystery, and the government has sought to abruptly close the case, the families of the students have kept alive a social movement demanding truth and justice in the case. Photo:Clayton Conn
In the march, the families and their supporters carried torches as a sign of homage and memory to the students.
In the march, the families and their supporters carried torches as a sign of homage and memory to the students. Photo:Clayton Conn
According to spokespeople of the families, within this past week the authorities have sought to pay an unspecified sum of money as
According to spokespeople of the families, within this past week the authorities have sought to pay an unspecified sum of money as "reparations of damages," yet the families say their “children and their dignity is not for sale.” Photo:Clayton Conn
Each parent or family member carried on their torch the image of their child or disappeared relative.
Each parent or family member carried on their torch the image of their child or disappeared relative. Photo:Clayton Conn
Currently 120 people have been arrested in relation to the case, with 17 of them showing signs of torture. Also five individuals, accused by the authorities of directly participating in the disappearance and possible execution of the students, gave their confessions under torture.
Currently 120 people have been arrested in relation to the case, with 17 of them showing signs of torture. Also five individuals, accused by the authorities of directly participating in the disappearance and possible execution of the students, gave their confessions under torture. Photo:Clayton Conn
The families are demanding a meeting with Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto so as to pressure a guarantee from the executive that an impartial investigation laid out by the experts will continue.
The families are demanding a meeting with Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto so as to pressure a guarantee from the executive that an impartial investigation laid out by the experts will continue. Photo:Clayton Conn
“It was the state.” Families and their supporters demand that further investigations turn toward the potential participation of the army and federal police in the disappearance of the students.
“It was the state.” Families and their supporters demand that further investigations turn toward the potential participation of the army and federal police in the disappearance of the students. Photo:Clayton Conn
The Inter American Commission on Human Rights has affirmed that a “mechanism” will be set in place so that independent investigators will continue to participate in the case, even with the departure of the team of experts.
The Inter American Commission on Human Rights has affirmed that a “mechanism” will be set in place so that independent investigators will continue to participate in the case, even with the departure of the team of experts. Photo:Clayton Conn
The case has brought human rights defenders to demand that the Mexican authorities carry out investigations of the expected thousands of other cases of forced disappearances, extrajudicial murders and torture.
The case has brought human rights defenders to demand that the Mexican authorities carry out investigations of the expected thousands of other cases of forced disappearances, extrajudicial murders and torture. Photo:Clayton Conn
Published 27 April 2016
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