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August 29, 2022

6 of 43 Kidnapped Mexican Students Were Kept Alive for Days Before Their 2014 Murder
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Mexico's truth commission investigating the 2014 disappearance of 43
students from Ayotzinapa reported Friday six of them were kept alive in
a warehouse for days before they were turned over to a local army
commander who ordered their execution. Last week the truth commission
called the disappearances a "state crime." On Friday, hundreds took to
the streets of Mexico City demanding justice for the 43 - and Mexico's
other disappeared people. This is Hilda Hernández, the parent of a
missing student.

Hilda Hernández: "We want justice. A lot of evidence points to the fact
that the former attorney general, Jesús Murillo, obstructed the
investigation, whether by omission or participation. He has to pay. As a
mother, I tell you we still feel pain. And this man has never touched
his heart."



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