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Mexico wants investigation of botched missing students case

Mexico wants investigation of botched missing students case | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - In this April 13, 2019 file photo, people stand under the portraits of 43 disappeared teachers’ college students, by Chinese concept artist and government critic Ai Weiwei at the Contemporary Art University Museum, in Mexico City. One of the main suspects in the 2014 disappearance of the students in Mexico has been acquitted, released from custody on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019, as justice remains elusive for one of the darkest moments of the country’s recent history. (AP Photo/Claudio Cruz, File)

MEXICO CITY – President Andrés Manuel López Obradaor will push Mexico’s attorney general and judicial council for a full investigation into public officials accused of botching the investigation into the 2014 disappearance of 43 students so badly that the principal suspects are being freed.

Deputy Interior Secretary Alejandro Encinas said Wednesday the release of Gildardo López Astudillo sets a precedent that could lead to the release of 50 more suspects.

Encinas says that would be in addition to 53 of the original 142 suspects who have already been set free. He blames authorities’ fabrication of evidence, use of torture and a coverup for destroying a case where real evidence existed to prosecute those responsible.

Authorities say the Ayotzinapa students were abducted by police in Iguala, Guerrero state, and handed over to a gang.

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