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Activists marched in Mexico City to demand justice for 43 missing students. Photo: EFE
Activists marched in Mexico City to demand justice for 43 missing students. Photo: EFE

Authorities find four new mass graves but no justice for missing students in Mexico

Thousands of Mexicans joined the families of the 43 missing students to demand their return home, as well as a resolution to the shootings in which six people…

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The disappearance of 43 students in Mexico remains unanswered, and this week the case has turn for the worst with the discovery of four new mass graves on the outskirts of the city of Iguala, in Guerrero state.

The attorney general's office informed the media that the discovery of the new pits, which might contain the remains of the students, was possible through statements of four new detainees.

24 Horas reported that so far it is unknown how many bodies are in the new graves. Less than a week ago, on Oct. 4 a clandestine grave with 28 bodies was found.

The findings began a week after a violent confrontation between the local police and students. The confrontation was the result of a protest against the police that occurred Sept. 26 and 27 in Iguala, a city south of Mexico City. In that instance, students from the “Normal Superior Rural Ayotzinapa” — a school that certifies teachers — were shot at by the police. Six people died.

Attorney General Jesús Murillo Karam did not identify the detainees but said they are not part of the Police Force. Of the 34 arrested to date, at least 26 are municipal police agents.

The case has caused outrage inside and outside of Mexico. Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto demanded a quick investigation to identify those responsible for the acts, crimes Peña Nieto described as, "inhuman, almost an act of barbarism."

Activists marched in Guanajuato (México) demanding the return of 43 missing students from Iguala, in Guerrero state. Photo:EFE

Relatives don’t lose hope

Thousands of Mexicans joined the families of the 43 missing students to demand their return home, as well as a resolution to the shootings in which six people died in the state of Guerrero.

The major marches took place in the states of Guerrero, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Jalisco and Mexico City with a wide participation: students, indigenous peoples, and workers. The nationwide protest was called by the families of missing 43 students from the Ayotzinapa school.

In Chilpancingo, the capital of Guerrero, police said 10,000 protesters demanded that the students be found, and called for the resignation of governor Angel Aguirre.Organizers of the protest put the number of participants much higher, at 50,000.

Protesters marched through the streets of downtown Mexico City, chanting slogans like "You took them alive, alive we want them!" "Ayotzinapa, we are with you!" If there is no peace for the people, then no peace for the Government "and" We want justice for Ayotzinapa."

The families expressed outrage at a rally at the end of the march, warning the federal, state and municipal governments that they will not rest until they find the young people, and  that they reject the authorities intent to "wash their hands (of it) and blame the organized crime."

"It was the municipal police patrols and the director of Public Safety who gave the order to fire on (the students)," one of the relatives said.

"In Mexico students are murdered extrajudicially … and we attribute to the state the forced disappearance of our peers," said Omar Garcia, who was attacked by the police on Sept. 26.

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