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Case of Mexico's 43 missing students persists among tens of thousands of disappearances

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Gualberto Ramírez Gutiérrez was arrested on Sunday over charges of alleged torture and forced disappearances in Mexico. The former head of Mexico’s federal anti-kidnapping unit has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of 43 college students in 2014, an incident that has raised questions about the influence of organised crime within the government. Gualberto Ramírez Gutiérrez was taken into …

Mexico missing students: A wanted ex-official’s ties to Israel

Mexican authorities are calling on Israel to return Thomas Zeron, former head of the Criminal Investigation Agency. Mexico’s top human rights official and head of the commission, Alejandro Encinas, said at the time that the “actions, omissions or participation” of Mexican government officials “allowed the disappearance and execution of the students”. The US newspaper cited Israeli officials as saying Zeron’s …

Mexico: Prosecutor investigating missing students case resigns

The special prosecutor leading Mexico’s investigation into the 2014 disappearances of dozens of students has resigned, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said, a day after the students’ families marched to demand justice for their loved ones. “He’s going to leave his post … because he disagreed with the procedures that were followed,” Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday during a news …