Investigators Threaten to End Collaboration on Mexico's Missing Students Probe Deutsche Welle
go to original April 7, 2016

Claudia Paz, Guatemala's ex-Attorney General, said Mexican authorities' decisions will have dire consequences, including the revictimization of the students' families. (DPA/A Cruz)

A group of independent investigators on Wednesday threatened to end its investigation with Mexican authorities into the 43 students who went missing in the town of Iguala, 200 kilometers south of the capital, in September 2014.

Argentine investigators have said they found human remains at a Mexican dump site but no sign of the missing students. Their findings cast further doubt on the government's official claims.

The Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI), a unit established by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH), criticized government authorities after Mexican investigators publicized a "preliminary report" without the consent of the experts.

"The group will not continue on this case with a process that does not adhere to the terms and international standards agreed upon, and that only serves to confuse and discredit," the GIEI said in a statement.

The report in question examined evidence at a garbage dump in Cocula to determine whether a fire cremated the bodies of the students.

But the GIEI said experts were still determining whether a fire had taken place at the garbage dump, and whether conditions were right to dispose of the bodies.

"Therefore, there are no conclusions, and the GIEI will not contribute to the confusion by spreading preliminaries on a delicate and complex problem," the group added.

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