The Attorney General’s office reports a further 83 arrest warrants against police and military personnel, as well as members of the armed group Guerreros Unidos, for their alleged involvement in the case
Eight years after the disappearance of 43 students in Mexico was reported, the case is gaining importance after the latest actions by the authorities, who yesterday arrested Jesús Murillo Karam, the prosecutor who led the investigation at the time. The arrest came a day after the president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, called for “truth” and punishment of those responsible after the publication of the report of a government commission calling the operation a “state crime”.
According to the document, because of their “actions, omissions or participation”, the military and officials have allowed the kidnapping and death of the students of the Ayotzinapa school. “By exposing this appalling, inhumane situation and at the same time punishing those responsible, a recurrence is prevented. May these unfortunate events never happen again,” said López Obrador.
Murillo assured in 2015 that the “historical truth” was that the youths were murdered, “burned and their ashes thrown into the San Juan River”, at the behest of former local authorities. The Attorney General’s office also reported an additional 83 arrest warrants against police and military personnel, as well as members of the armed group Guerreros Unidos, for their alleged involvement in the Ayotzinapa case, for “organized crime, enforced disappearance, torture, murder and crimes against the administration.” of justice,” according to the Aztec newspaper ‘Milenio’.
The lawyer for the relatives of the 43 students, Vidulfo Rosales, applauded the performance. The arrest of Murillo, who did not resist and will remain in a prison in the capital, is “an important step”, the lawyer said, although he regretted that “what he is going to do is defend himself, I don’t think he wants to provide all the information.” The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which ruled Mexico continuously for 71 years until December 2000, assured that Murillo’s arrest is “more a political issue than justice.”
The attack on the 43 young people on the night of September 26 to 27, 2014 has been a symbol for years for the impunity of the armed groups and their collusion with Mexican public institutions. The government, which is making sure the case is “not closed”, acknowledges that “there is no indication” that the students are still alive eight years after their disappearance.
Source: La Verdad
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