#43NoSonCeniza: Activists Lead Ash Wednesday Campaign for Missing Students Jethro Mullen and Marilia Brocchetto - Cable News Network
go to original February 19, 2015

The artists' collective behind the campaign intended to turn a Catholic ritual into a political expression. (Debate.com.mx)

Activists in Mexico have used the occasion of Ash Wednesday to refocus attention on the case of 43 college students who went missing in murky circumstances last year.

Instead of the traditional cross, activists encouraged people to write the number 43 in ash on their foreheads and to take to the streets.

Many people posted photos of their ash-inscribed foreheads. And the associated hashtag, #43nosonceniza ("43 are not ashes"), was trending for much of the day in Mexico.



The missing students, who attended a rural teachers college, were last seen in September in Iguala, a town in the state of Guerrero.

According to Mexican Attorney General Murillo Karam, a criminal group in the area mistook the students for members of a rival gang. They captured and killed the students and then threw their burned remains into a river, he said.

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Related: Selfies for the missing in Mexico (BBC)

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