Parents of 43 missing Mexican kids applaud the former attorney general’s arrest

• The fate of 43 Mexican students who went missing nearly eight years ago remains a mystery.
• A government report last week referred to the incident as a “state crime”.
• The parents of the 43 welcomed the arrest of Jesus Murillo Karam, the former attorney general.

In a recent government investigation, it was determined that the disappearances of 43 Mexican students occurred as a “crime of the state,” which has been welcomed by the parents of those children who vanished nearly eight years ago.

In a statement released on Friday, the families stated, “For us, it is crucial and includes good parts that will help us discover the truth and get justice.”

Despite years of investigation and attention from across the world, the fate of the students is still a mystery.

When their buses were stopped in September 2014 by local law enforcement and federal armed forces, the students were on a field trip to the southwest city of Iguala from a teacher’s college in Ayotzinapa.

What specifically transpired afterwards and why is still a mystery. Surviving members of the initial 100-student group claimed that armed police and military had stopped their buses and fired at them. Later, bloody buses with shattered windows and bullet holes were discovered in the city’s streets.

Following that, 43 pupils vanished.

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Based on tens of thousands of papers, text messages, phone records, testimony, and other pieces of evidence, a government investigation published last week referred to the incident as a “state crime.”

The former attorney general of Mexico, Jesus Murillo Karam, was detained the day after the report surfaced and was charged by the prosecutor’s office with “the crimes of forced disappearance, torture, and against the administration of justice.”

Enrique Pea Nieto, the president at the time, criticized him for his lack of transparency in conducting the state’s inquiry into the student disappearances.
The 43’s parents applauded his arrest.

“The judge handling the matter today concurs with us. Murillo Karam carried out a questionable, erroneous inquiry that was marred by torture, evidence fabrication, and manipulation, creating a deception that prevented us from knowing where our children were “The joint statement from the parents read.

“We won’t stop fighting until we have concrete evidence of their whereabouts. Even if they are dead, it will be upsetting for our families to learn of their fate, but if they can provide us with concrete, scientific evidence, we will return home to mourn them. We don’t currently have this proof. As a result, our demands and struggle persist.”

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