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Mexico missing students: Official investigation rejected Mexico missing students: Official investigation rejected
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An independent investigation into the disappearance of 43 Mexican students nearly a year ago has rejected the government's account of events.An independent investigation into the disappearance of 43 Mexican students nearly a year ago has rejected the government's account of events.
The government investigation said the bodies were burned at a rubbish dump hours after the students went missing.The government investigation said the bodies were burned at a rubbish dump hours after the students went missing.
But investigators from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights say they found no evidence to support the claim that the bodies were incinerated.But investigators from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights say they found no evidence to support the claim that the bodies were incinerated.
Relatives have always rejected the official investigation.Relatives have always rejected the official investigation.
They accused the Mexican government of covering up the alleged involvement of high ranking officials and possibly the army in the killings.They accused the Mexican government of covering up the alleged involvement of high ranking officials and possibly the army in the killings.
The case shocked Mexico and led to weeks of protests against official impunity and the government of President Enrique Pena Nieto.The case shocked Mexico and led to weeks of protests against official impunity and the government of President Enrique Pena Nieto.
'No cremation evidence''No cremation evidence'
After a six-month probe, the Washington based IACHR has released a report of nearly 500 pages urging the government to continue looking for the missing students.After a six-month probe, the Washington based IACHR has released a report of nearly 500 pages urging the government to continue looking for the missing students.
A Peruvian fire expert hired by the commission concluded that it was impossible for all the bodies to have been burned at the landfill in the municipality of Cocula, in the western state of Guerrero.A Peruvian fire expert hired by the commission concluded that it was impossible for all the bodies to have been burned at the landfill in the municipality of Cocula, in the western state of Guerrero.
Jose Torero, from the University of Queensland in Australia, said it would have required 13 tonnes of tyres, 20 tonnes of wood and 13 tonnes of diesel to cremate the bodies.Jose Torero, from the University of Queensland in Australia, said it would have required 13 tonnes of tyres, 20 tonnes of wood and 13 tonnes of diesel to cremate the bodies.
It would have taken the gang 60 hours to finish the job, he said.It would have taken the gang 60 hours to finish the job, he said.
"There is no evidence indicating the presence of a fire of the size [needed] for the cremation of even one body," Mr Torero concluded."There is no evidence indicating the presence of a fire of the size [needed] for the cremation of even one body," Mr Torero concluded.
Bus carrying heroin?Bus carrying heroin?
The Mexican attorney general's investigation said the trainee teachers were rounded up by corrupt policemen after travelling to the city of Iguala on 26 September and taking part in a protest over job discrimination.The Mexican attorney general's investigation said the trainee teachers were rounded up by corrupt policemen after travelling to the city of Iguala on 26 September and taking part in a protest over job discrimination.
They are reported to have disrupted a rally planned by the mayor's wife later in the evening.They are reported to have disrupted a rally planned by the mayor's wife later in the evening.
They were then allegedly handed over to local drug lords, who were told to dispose of the bodies.They were then allegedly handed over to local drug lords, who were told to dispose of the bodies.
Several people were arrested in the following days, including the mayor, his wife, local policeman and men accusing of belonging to the local Guerreros Unidos (United Warriors) criminal gang.Several people were arrested in the following days, including the mayor, his wife, local policeman and men accusing of belonging to the local Guerreros Unidos (United Warriors) criminal gang.
The government said some of the the people who took part in the killings led them to a nearby rubbish dump where the bodies were burned.The government said some of the the people who took part in the killings led them to a nearby rubbish dump where the bodies were burned.
26 Sept Ayotzinapa: Students depart college
26 Sept Iguala: Students clash with police following protests
27 Sept Cocula: Forty-three students taken to the police station before being allegedly handed over to local drugs gang
Early Nov Puente Rio San Juan: Remains discovered - in a stream and at a rubbish dump where the gang had allegedly burned the bodies
They managed to retrieve a fragment of a bone, which was identified as that of one of the missing students after DNA tests in Austria.They managed to retrieve a fragment of a bone, which was identified as that of one of the missing students after DNA tests in Austria.
The IACHR has suggested a new line of investigation, linked to the fact that the students seized a bus to travel from the home town of Ayotzinapa to Iguala.The IACHR has suggested a new line of investigation, linked to the fact that the students seized a bus to travel from the home town of Ayotzinapa to Iguala.
The IACHR says they might have unwittingly taken a bus that was loaded with heroin.The IACHR says they might have unwittingly taken a bus that was loaded with heroin.