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August 19, 2022

Mexico Truth Commission Confirms Ayotzinapa Massacre Was a "State Crime"
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In Mexico, a truth commission formed by President Andrés Manuel López
Obrador has confirmed the involvement of federal and state authorities
in the 2014 disappearance of 43 students in Ayotzinapa, calling it a
high-level, cover-up state crime. The commission also said there is no
indication any of the students are alive. Their disappearance sparked
international condemnation and mounting accusations of human rights
abuses against former President Enrique Peña Nieto. The students'
families for years have expressed hope some of them had survived, often
leading protests where they chanted, "You took them alive. We want them
back alive." Next month will mark Ayotzinapa's eighth anniversary.


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