Families of Missing Students Suspend Talks with Mexican Authorities IANS/EFE
go to original December 17, 2014

Protesters gather in Mexico City on Tuesday for the lighting of a Christmas tree decorated with the faces of the 43 missing student teachers abducted by corrupt local police. Family members of the students vow to keep up pressure on Mexico authorities to find their loved ones after recent protests in solidarity with the missing ended in violence. (The Guardian)

MEXICO CITY - The families of the 43 Mexican students who went missing almost three months ago have suspended talks with the authorities and will only interact with them to obtain information about the investigation into the fate of their children.

Vidulfo Rosales, a lawyer for the families, said Tuesday that the dialogue has been suspended due to the government's acts of repression, harassment, persecution and criminalisation through which the federal police have toughened its position.

"Right now, the talks remain suspended for all that has happened, but the families intend to continue this dialogue for the sole purpose of obtaining information about advances in the investigation and the search for the students," Rosales said at a press conference in Mexico City.

"It's a necessity and the families' right to know the details of the search," he added.

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