Police arrested in Mexico accused of killing Ayotzinapa student

The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obradorreported on Wednesday that a police officer accused of murdering a teacher’s college student in March has been arrested. Ayotzinapaincident that inflamed the spirit of the city, which still claims the disappearance of another 43 students in 2014.

“This morning he stopped at police who murdered the young man Ayotzinapa, all those who participated are now in prison. It was on a monitored and protected farm, the investigation is being carried out“, said the president during his usual morning press conference.

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Yanqui Gomez, student from the rural teachers’ school Ayotzinapawas killed on March 7 during a police intervention in Chilpancingo, capital of the state of Warrior (south). The crime fueled the dissatisfaction of the group, which has been demanding justice due to the disappearance, still unclear, of 43 students from the same higher education center in 2014.

Discontent grew even more after the police who allegedly killed for Gómez23 years old, escaped a few days before his arrest was formalized, which sparked violent protests in the state capital. Warrior.

Guerrero’s Secretaries of Security and Interior resigned after investigations showed that Gómez was unarmed when approached by the policein what López Obrador classified as “abuse of authority”.

As a result of the incident, the state prosecutor was also removed from her position.

The disappearance of the so-called “43 of Ayotzinapa“It is one of the worst human rights violations committed in decades in Mexicowhich has accumulated around 450,000 violent deaths and more than 100,000 disappearances since 2006, when the government at the time declared war on drug trafficking with the participation of military forces.

To date, the investigation into this case has only managed to locate the remains of three students. Since 2022, the arrest of 132 people has been ordered, including 14 military personnel and the former attorney general Jesus Murillo Karam.

Source: Elcomercio

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