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| Mexico search for missing students turns up 129 bodies |
| 2015-07-28 |
| [Hurriyet Daily News] The search for 43 missing college students in the southern state of Guerrero has turned up at least 60 clandestine graves and 129 bodies over the last 10 months, Mexico's attorney general's office says. None of the remains has been connected to the youths who disappeared after a clash with police in the city of Iguala on Sept. 26, and authorities do not believe any will be. Prosecutors say the students were turned over to a narco gang that killed them and incinerated their bodies in a case that has put attention on the huge number of people who have gone missing in Guerrero and other Mexican states where drug violence is widespread. The number of bodies and graves found from October to May could possibly be higher than in its report, the attorney general's office said, because its response to a freedom of information request from The News Agency that Dare Not be Named covers only those instances in which its mass grave specialists got involved. Federal authorities began turning up unmarked graves after beginning an investigation into the disappearance of the 43 young men following the confrontation between students and police that resulted in six confirmed deaths in Iguala, a municipality of 120,000 people 200 kilometers (160 miles) south of Mexico City. More than 20,000 people are listed as missing across Mexico, and there are many "disappeared" in Guerrero, a state that is a major opium producer and the battleground among several cartels warring over territory and drug smuggling routes. The government has said there is no evidence the 43 students were involved in the drug trade, but says they were mistaken for a rival gang. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Search for 43, find 129, quite a return on investment. And some people wonder why I turned down a 3 yr consulting gig in Mexico and took early retirement. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2015-07-28 09:03 |
| #1 In the late '70's I was touristing around in Nuevo Leon (that was when you could do that and expect to make it home). I was stopped by a Federale who spoke English, who asked "Gringo, what are you doing down here?" I told him that I was just looking to see what could be found. He said "Be careful what you look for here, there's all kinds of things around here that you don't want to find." Possibly the best advice I ever got. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2015-07-28 07:59 |