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Mexico missing students: Investigators denied access | Mexico missing students: Investigators denied access |
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Regional rights activists investigating the case of 43 missing students in Mexico say they have been unable to interview military personnel. | Regional rights activists investigating the case of 43 missing students in Mexico say they have been unable to interview military personnel. |
They said soldiers who may have witnessed the students' disappearance last September could only be questioned via a written questionnaire. | They said soldiers who may have witnessed the students' disappearance last September could only be questioned via a written questionnaire. |
The team from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights chose not to do this. | |
It also said security videos containing evidence may have been destroyed. | |
Mexico's interior ministry declined to comment on the accusation. It said in a statement that Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio and IACHR members had met the victims' families on Friday. | Mexico's interior ministry declined to comment on the accusation. It said in a statement that Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio and IACHR members had met the victims' families on Friday. |
The students - trainee teachers - were arrested by police in the southern city of Iguala and the government says they were then handed over to a drug lord who had them killed and their bodies incinerated. | The students - trainee teachers - were arrested by police in the southern city of Iguala and the government says they were then handed over to a drug lord who had them killed and their bodies incinerated. |
The remains of only one of the students have been identified. | The remains of only one of the students have been identified. |
Investigators from the IACHR want to question soldiers from the battalion in Iguala that responded to events at the time the students clashed with police. | Investigators from the IACHR want to question soldiers from the battalion in Iguala that responded to events at the time the students clashed with police. |
Relatives believe the soldiers may have failed to act as the police opened fire on the students and later bundled them onto a bus. | Relatives believe the soldiers may have failed to act as the police opened fire on the students and later bundled them onto a bus. |
The IACHR has been investigating the case at the request of the victims' families, with the agreement of the government. | The IACHR has been investigating the case at the request of the victims' families, with the agreement of the government. |
A final report from the commission is due in September. | A final report from the commission is due in September. |
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