Mass Grave Discovery Lifts Hopes for Families of Mexico's 43 Missing Students Euronews
go to original November 25, 2016

More than two years after 43 students disappeared from Ayotzinapa in Mexico, their loved ones still seek justice and closure (Field of Vision)

Mexican authorities have found the remains of dozens of people in a series of clandestine graves in the restive southwestern state of Guerrero, the impoverished southwestern state where 43 trainee teachers went missing in 2014.

The remains, including 32 corpses and nine severed heads, were found in a series of 20 hidden graves in the municipality of Zitlala, the state prosecutor’s office said in a statement.

The grisly discovery was made after residents reported an acrid smell.

It was not immediately clear whether the remains were linked to the group of missing students who the Mexican government have claimed were abducted by corrupt police and handed over to a drug gang who killed them and incinerated their bodies.

But relatives of the young 43 men remain unconvinced by the official version of events, dismissing the government version as an attempt by authorities to close the investigation. Many refuse to give up hope that their loved ones are still alive.

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Related: Searching for 43 Missing Students Deep Inside the ‘Real Mexico’ (The New York Times)

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