Memory of Missing 43 Students Case Fuels Struggle of New Trainee Teachers Agencia EFE
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A student walks past a banner with pictures of the 43 missing students at to mark the two-year anniversary of their disappearance, in Tixtla Guerrero, Mexico (Reuters)

They never knew them but they've heard their story hundreds of times.

For the new classes of trainees at the Raul Isidro Burgos Rural Teacher Training College in Ayotzinapa, a small town in the southern municipality of Tixtla, Guerrero state, Mexico's missing 43 are more than a symbol.

They are brothers who gave their lives for the ideals of a politically leftist, revolutionary-era, all-male institution that trains aspiring teachers from poor families to serve in rural communities and struggles against what it sees as state-supported nationwide injustice.

Giant banners are hung in remembrance of their comrades and 43 empty chairs are lined up on the basketball court at the college, where the current students are preparing these days to mark the second anniversary of their disappearance on Sept. 26, 2014, in the nearby city of Iguala.

On that fateful night, six people - including three students - were killed and 43 other students were abducted after commandeering buses that they had planned to use to travel to Mexico City for a protest.

Federal authorities say the incident was the work of corrupt municipal cops acting on the orders of Iguala's crooked mayor.

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Related: Mexican Government Rewards 'Liars' in Azotzinapa Case: EZLN (teleSUR)

Related: Mexico Wants 5th Analysis of Dump in Missing Students Case (Associated Press)

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