Mexico City. The federal government has pledged not to close the investigation into the disappearance of the 43 Ayotzinapa students who have been missing for almost a decade.
This evening, in a statement with the official position after the meeting that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador had this morning with the families of the students, it was detailed that “to break the pact of silence” 19 people have been interviewed, some with interest in participating as new informants.
This is in order to “obtain information that will help us locate members of a criminal group who were released after being allegedly tortured.”
During the meeting with the mothers and fathers of the boys on Tuesday, held behind closed doors at the National Palace, the president reaffirmed that his government’s commitment is to work “every day” until the young men are found, the truth is known and justice is done for them and their families.
He guaranteed that the search for the students will continue until the last day of his administration, September 30; and that the case will not be closed or shelved.
As announced by the parents’ representatives after the meeting, the head of the Executive will send them a final report and if there is any matter of interest, “he will call a new meeting.”
The federal administration’s statement did not provide details on whether today’s meeting was the last with the families, as reported in the afternoon by the victims’ representative, Vidulfo Rosales, who said that there was a virtual break-up due to the lack of progress in the investigations.
The Undersecretary for Human Rights of the Ministry of the Interior and president of the Commission for Truth and Access to Justice in the Ayotzinapa case (Covaj), Arturo Medina, said that the priority is to find the students.
“We will not stop until we exhaust all existing lines of investigation to find the missing youths and provide answers to their families. Our will and capabilities are at your service,” he reportedly told the parents.
He explained that, in coordination with various authorities, two inspections and searches were carried out within the facilities of the 27th Infantry Battalion, located in Iguala, Guerrero – which, it should be noted, were unknown to the majority of parents. The first was carried out from July 31 to August 2, and the other on the 15th and 16th of this month.
Regarding the extradition processes of Tomás Zerón, former head of the Criminal Investigation Agency and sheltered in Israel where he tries to remain a fugitive from justice; and of José Ulises Bernabé, a judge who, according to testimonies, was with a group of missing youths and today has asylum in the United States, the federal official added that work is being done to obtain the extraditions as soon as possible, so that their participation does not go unpunished.
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– 2024-09-01 12:08:19
