Mexico Calls Disappearance Of 43 Schoolgirls State Crime

Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register MEXICO CITY, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Mexican officials on Thursday called the disappearance of 43 schoolgirls in 2014 a state crime covered up by the government, in another damning assessment of the previous government’s actions on one of the worst human rights atrocities in the country. Mexico. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has vowed to reveal what happened to the students, who disappeared in the southwestern city of Iguala in September 2014, rejecting the previous government’s version of events. The case sparked international outrage over disappearances and impunity in Mexico and caused lasting damage to the administration of then-President Enrique Pena Nieto, particularly as international human rights experts criticized the official investigation as riddled with errors and abuses. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Mexico’s top human rights official, Alejandro Encinas, told a news conference that the government’s involvement in the disappearance — including local, state and federal officials — constituted a “state crime.” Then the last government “concealed the truth of the facts, changed crime scenes, covered up the links between the authorities and a criminal group”. One of the students was a military informant, but authorities did not follow protocol for locating missing soldiers, Encinas also noted. Had they done so, “the disappearance and killing of the students would have been prevented,” he said. Despite extensive searches, the remains of only three students have been discovered and identified, Encinas said. The students’ families had long held out hope that their loved ones had survived, putting pressure on the government in protests that chanted “We want them back alive.” Encinas made a rare official admission that the students did not survive. “There is no indication that the students are alive. All the testimonies and evidence prove that they were cunningly killed and disappeared,” he said. “It’s a sad reality.” According to the version of events announced by the Pena Nieto administration in 2015, a local drug gang overtook the students with members of a rival gang, killed them and incinerated their bodies in a landfill. Under López Obrador, officials have issued dozens of arrest warrants, including for military members and police officers, and sought the extradition from Israel of a former official accused of tampering with the investigation. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Reporting by Daina Beth Solomon and Lizbeth Diaz. Editor: Christopher Cushing Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

title: “Mexico Calls Disappearance Of 43 Schoolgirls State Crime Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-07” author: “Jamila Hicks”

Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register MEXICO CITY, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Mexican officials on Thursday called the disappearance of 43 schoolgirls in 2014 a state crime covered up by the government, in another damning assessment of the previous government’s actions on one of the worst human rights atrocities in the country. Mexico. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has vowed to reveal what happened to the students, who disappeared in the southwestern city of Iguala in September 2014, rejecting the previous government’s version of events. The case sparked international outrage over disappearances and impunity in Mexico and caused lasting damage to the administration of then-President Enrique Pena Nieto, particularly as international human rights experts criticized the official investigation as riddled with errors and abuses. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Mexico’s top human rights official, Alejandro Encinas, told a news conference that the government’s involvement in the disappearance — including local, state and federal officials — constituted a “state crime.” Then the last government “concealed the truth of the facts, changed crime scenes, covered up the links between the authorities and a criminal group”. One of the students was a military informant, but authorities did not follow protocol for locating missing soldiers, Encinas also noted. Had they done so, “the disappearance and killing of the students would have been prevented,” he said. Despite extensive searches, the remains of only three students have been discovered and identified, Encinas said. The students’ families had long held out hope that their loved ones had survived, putting pressure on the government in protests that chanted “We want them back alive.” Encinas made a rare official admission that the students did not survive. “There is no indication that the students are alive. All the testimonies and evidence prove that they were cunningly killed and disappeared,” he said. “It’s a sad reality.” According to the version of events announced by the Pena Nieto administration in 2015, a local drug gang overtook the students with members of a rival gang, killed them and incinerated their bodies in a landfill. Under López Obrador, officials have issued dozens of arrest warrants, including for military members and police officers, and sought the extradition from Israel of a former official accused of tampering with the investigation. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Reporting by Daina Beth Solomon and Lizbeth Diaz. Editor: Christopher Cushing Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

title: “Mexico Calls Disappearance Of 43 Schoolgirls State Crime Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-02” author: “Derek Digirolamo”

Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register MEXICO CITY, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Mexican officials on Thursday called the disappearance of 43 schoolgirls in 2014 a state crime covered up by the government, in another damning assessment of the previous government’s actions on one of the worst human rights atrocities in the country. Mexico. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has vowed to reveal what happened to the students, who disappeared in the southwestern city of Iguala in September 2014, rejecting the previous government’s version of events. The case sparked international outrage over disappearances and impunity in Mexico and caused lasting damage to the administration of then-President Enrique Pena Nieto, particularly as international human rights experts criticized the official investigation as riddled with errors and abuses. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Mexico’s top human rights official, Alejandro Encinas, told a news conference that the government’s involvement in the disappearance — including local, state and federal officials — constituted a “state crime.” Then the last government “concealed the truth of the facts, changed crime scenes, covered up the links between the authorities and a criminal group”. One of the students was a military informant, but authorities did not follow protocol for locating missing soldiers, Encinas also noted. Had they done so, “the disappearance and killing of the students would have been prevented,” he said. Despite extensive searches, the remains of only three students have been discovered and identified, Encinas said. The students’ families had long held out hope that their loved ones had survived, putting pressure on the government in protests that chanted “We want them back alive.” Encinas made a rare official admission that the students did not survive. “There is no indication that the students are alive. All the testimonies and evidence prove that they were cunningly killed and disappeared,” he said. “It’s a sad reality.” According to the version of events announced by the Pena Nieto administration in 2015, a local drug gang overtook the students with members of a rival gang, killed them and incinerated their bodies in a landfill. Under López Obrador, officials have issued dozens of arrest warrants, including for military members and police officers, and sought the extradition from Israel of a former official accused of tampering with the investigation. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Reporting by Daina Beth Solomon and Lizbeth Diaz. Editor: Christopher Cushing Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

title: “Mexico Calls Disappearance Of 43 Schoolgirls State Crime Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-13” author: “Jason Donatich”

Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register MEXICO CITY, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Mexican officials on Thursday called the disappearance of 43 schoolgirls in 2014 a state crime covered up by the government, in another damning assessment of the previous government’s actions on one of the worst human rights atrocities in the country. Mexico. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has vowed to reveal what happened to the students, who disappeared in the southwestern city of Iguala in September 2014, rejecting the previous government’s version of events. The case sparked international outrage over disappearances and impunity in Mexico and caused lasting damage to the administration of then-President Enrique Pena Nieto, particularly as international human rights experts criticized the official investigation as riddled with errors and abuses. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Mexico’s top human rights official, Alejandro Encinas, told a news conference that the government’s involvement in the disappearance — including local, state and federal officials — constituted a “state crime.” Then the last government “concealed the truth of the facts, changed crime scenes, covered up the links between the authorities and a criminal group”. One of the students was a military informant, but authorities did not follow protocol for locating missing soldiers, Encinas also noted. Had they done so, “the disappearance and killing of the students would have been prevented,” he said. Despite extensive searches, the remains of only three students have been discovered and identified, Encinas said. The students’ families had long held out hope that their loved ones had survived, putting pressure on the government in protests that chanted “We want them back alive.” Encinas made a rare official admission that the students did not survive. “There is no indication that the students are alive. All the testimonies and evidence prove that they were cunningly killed and disappeared,” he said. “It’s a sad reality.” According to the version of events announced by the Pena Nieto administration in 2015, a local drug gang overtook the students with members of a rival gang, killed them and incinerated their bodies in a landfill. Under López Obrador, officials have issued dozens of arrest warrants, including for military members and police officers, and sought the extradition from Israel of a former official accused of tampering with the investigation. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Reporting by Daina Beth Solomon and Lizbeth Diaz. Editor: Christopher Cushing Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.