Parents of the Ayotzinapa 43 emphatically reject the recommendation of the National Center for Human Rights as an insult and a crime.
September 26th will mark the tenth anniversary of the disappearance of the 43 students from the Raúl Isidro Burgos Rural Normal School in Ayotzinapa. Despite the disappointments and disparagement of the AMLO administration, the families of the 43 will continue to seek justice. This piece recounts five phases of their struggle.
Ayotzinapa: A Decade Without Truth or Justice READ MORE »
As the familiies of the 43 students set up an encampment to demand answers from the outgoing President, the BBC releases yet another account of their disappearance, one more take that refuses to let the State crime fade.
Ayotzinapa, the night that 43 students disappeared READ MORE »
A crime against humanity such as this one challenges both the State and society as a whole. It is an open wound that has not healed and that damages the country as a whole. For it to heal, the archives must be fully opened, the investigation must continue and justice must be done. Nine years later, the parents of the young people who disappeared in Iguala are our great civic heroes. Their tenacity, commitment and dignity are an example to follow.
Ayotzinapa, Nine Years READ MORE »
Despite executive orders otherwise, stonewalling by the Secretary of Defense continues. Much to the pain and rage of families (and of the entire country) impunity reigns. The path to truth in the Ayotzinapa case seems interminable.
Ayotzinapa, the Difficult Road to the Truth READ MORE »
