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January 21, 2015

Tests Fail to Identify Charred Remains in Search for Mexican Students 
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Mexican authorities say an Austrian forensic team has been unable to
recover enough DNA to determine whether charred human remains found in
the state of Guerrero belong to students missing since September.
Federal authorities have claimed local police turned the 43 students
over to members of a drug gang, who killed them and burned their bodies,
but so far only one student's remains have been identified. Responding
to the latest news, Emiliano Navarrete, father of one of the missing
students, said he still doubts the government's account.

Emiliano Navarrete: "Since the beginning, I have not believed what the
government has put forward. I think the kids are still alive. And if
this is so, if those remains (found in the dump) belonged to some of the
youngsters, there is someone who wanted to get rid of them. Someone got
in their way."

 

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