Mexican Prosecution Meets Families Of Missing Students Amid New Violence
MEXICO CITY, Nov 13 (BERNAMA-NNN-EFE) -- Mexican Attorney-General Jesus Murillo has met once again with the families of 43 missing students in Chilpancingo, capital of the southern state of Guerrero, following a new wave of violent protests in the city.
The purpose of the meeting was to inform the families about the progress made in the investigation.
A group of teachers from the Mexican state of Guerrero during clashes with the state Police after the teachers burned the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) party facility in Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico, 11 November 2014.
The teachers have held numerous protests and demonstrations since the disappearance and suspected murder of 43 students from Ayotzinapa, Guerrero.
The families' spokesperson, Felipe de la Cruz, said relatives of the missing students had urged governor Rogelio Ortega to take back his statements criminalizing the demonstrators and focus instead on finding the youths.
The disappearance of the students more than six weeks ago from the town of Iguala has triggered a wave of protests in different parts of the country, sometimes violent.
The parents said they would continue their peaceful protests to pressure the federal government into giving results of the investigation, and also distanced themselves from the latest violence, in which the headquarters of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party in Chilpancingo were set ablaze in a protest called by students and teachers' unions.
The demonstrators also clashed with police, hurling stones and firebombs.
Last Friday, Murillo told the families of the students that three arrested gang members of the United Warriors drug cartel had confessed to killing and burning more than 40 people whom they claimed were students.
But remains found in the area have so far not been identified as any of the missing.
The families of the students said that while there is no evidence they will continue demanding that their children be found alive.
The students from the Ayotzinapa teachers training school were heading to a protest last Sept. 26 when police shot at their buses, killing six people and injuring 25 others.
But 43 of the youths have so far been unaccounted for and there is speculation they were handed over by police to local criminal gangs.
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto pledged in a meeting with the families on Oct 29 to inform them on the findings of the investigation before making statements to the press.
-- BERNAMA-NNN-EFE
The purpose of the meeting was to inform the families about the progress made in the investigation.
A group of teachers from the Mexican state of Guerrero during clashes with the state Police after the teachers burned the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) party facility in Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico, 11 November 2014.
The teachers have held numerous protests and demonstrations since the disappearance and suspected murder of 43 students from Ayotzinapa, Guerrero.
The families' spokesperson, Felipe de la Cruz, said relatives of the missing students had urged governor Rogelio Ortega to take back his statements criminalizing the demonstrators and focus instead on finding the youths.
The disappearance of the students more than six weeks ago from the town of Iguala has triggered a wave of protests in different parts of the country, sometimes violent.
The parents said they would continue their peaceful protests to pressure the federal government into giving results of the investigation, and also distanced themselves from the latest violence, in which the headquarters of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party in Chilpancingo were set ablaze in a protest called by students and teachers' unions.
The demonstrators also clashed with police, hurling stones and firebombs.
Last Friday, Murillo told the families of the students that three arrested gang members of the United Warriors drug cartel had confessed to killing and burning more than 40 people whom they claimed were students.
But remains found in the area have so far not been identified as any of the missing.
The families of the students said that while there is no evidence they will continue demanding that their children be found alive.
The students from the Ayotzinapa teachers training school were heading to a protest last Sept. 26 when police shot at their buses, killing six people and injuring 25 others.
But 43 of the youths have so far been unaccounted for and there is speculation they were handed over by police to local criminal gangs.
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto pledged in a meeting with the families on Oct 29 to inform them on the findings of the investigation before making statements to the press.
-- BERNAMA-NNN-EFE
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