Human Rights Body Examining Role of Mexican Army in Disappearances Telesur
go to original December 30, 2014

CNDH's Raul Gonzalez (Clayton Conn/Telesur)

The President of Mexico’s Human Right's Commission (CNDH) has said the body will investigate the role of the Mexican army in the disappearance of 43 Mexican students in Iguala, Guerrero.

After meeting the parents of the students, human rights ombudsman Luis Raul Gonzalez told reporters Sunday that the CNDH has requested the Mexican army provides a report of its actions in Iguala during Sept. 26, when the students went missing.

That night the municipal police of Iguala and armed masked men kidnapped 43 students of Ayotzinapa teachers training college, and then allegedly handed them over to a local drug gang. According to the Mexican authorities the students were burned to ashes.

The remains of one of the missing students, Alexander Mora, were identified by Austrian forensic scientists earlier in December, while the whereabouts of the other 42 students remains unknown.

The parents of the students have not accepted the version of the Mexican authorities and have worked with other organizations to find their sons.

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