National Security Council Won’t Budge on Official ’Truth’ in Ayotzinapa Case teleSUR
go to original September 4, 2017

A 2015 report on what happened to the 43 Ayotzinapa students (AJ+)

Update: IACHR Sets Deadline for News on Case of Ayotzinapa Students (teleSUR)

Mexico's National Security Council technical secretary, Tomas Zeron, insisted that the 43 students who disappeared in 2014 in Ayotzinapa were detained, and then killed and burned by the United Warriors group, sticking with the officially provided narrative that the student's parents reject.

However, many of the relatives who have mobilized for “truth and justice,” have accused Criminal Investigation Agency, of which Zeron is the former head, of fabricating evidence in order to conceal state involvement in the case, with some calling it an "act of cynicism," according to La Jornada.

One lawyer who works with relatives said that Zeron is “suspicious,” and that he did not believe the statements to have been made “sponateneously,” but as a “part of a state strategy to give contradictory signals to the student's parents and ensure that the case remains unsolved."

Calling the official narrative “historical truth,” Zeron argued that the the government has seen no evidence to modify it's current conclusions.

“We do not have to change something that was well done,” Zeron said, referring to the investigation carried out by the Attorney General's Office. “Something that in three years has not changed.

However several independent investigations have contested the official version events and allege that federal police and the Attorney General's office all played a role in the disappearances. The Mexican government denies these claims and blames criminal organizations and local police.

September 26th of 2017 will mark the third anniversary since the students disappeared in Ayotzinapa.

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