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6 of 43 Kidnapped Mexican Students Were Kept Alive for Days Before Their 2014 Murder

HeadlineAug 29, 2022

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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