President Pena Nieto Pledges Justice for Shooting Victims, Missing Students VOA News
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Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto calls for justice after the discovery of mass graves raises fears they may belong to 43 missing students. Mana Rabiee reports. (Reuters)

Mexico's president says there is "no place" for impunity in the disappearance of 43 student protesters, a case that implicates police officers and gang members.

Enrique Peña Nieto held a press conference Monday to address the country two days after a mass grave was found in the state of Guerrero. A chief prosecutor has linked the burial site to the case, but investigators are awaiting DNA confirmation.

Calling the disappearances "outrageous, painful, and inacceptable," Peña Nieto said the people of Mexico and the families of the missing "have every right to demand an explanation of the facts, and [demand] justice, that those responsible be found, and that impunity have no place here."

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