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Mexico: Main Suspect Absolved in 2014 Student Disappearances

Associated Press

   MEXICO CITY - One of the main suspects in the 2014 disappearance of 43
   teachers' college students in southern Mexico has been acquitted, a
   human rights attorney said Tuesday, as justice remains elusive for one
   of the darkest moments of the country's recent history.

   Santiago Aguirre, director of the human rights center known as Prodh
   and a lawyer for victims' relatives, said the judge absolved Gilberto
   Lopez Astudillo due to "insufficient evidence" and the suspect was
   released from custody on Saturday with no pending charges remaining
   against him.

   The case was marred by "sleaziness, human rights violations and
   irregularities in the investigation," Aguirre said, adding that the
   prosecutor's office failed to correct the deficiencies that happened
   under previous leadership.

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