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Mexico to create new prosecutor for missing student case | Mexico to create new prosecutor for missing student case |
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Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has announced the creation of a special team to look into the case of the disappearance of 43 students last year. | Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has announced the creation of a special team to look into the case of the disappearance of 43 students last year. |
He was speaking after meeting relatives of the 43 ahead of the first anniversary of the tragedy on Saturday. | He was speaking after meeting relatives of the 43 ahead of the first anniversary of the tragedy on Saturday. |
He said a special investigative team and prosecutor would handle the case. | He said a special investigative team and prosecutor would handle the case. |
The families want an international commission of experts to take over. Its report says the government investigation is fundamentally flawed. | The families want an international commission of experts to take over. Its report says the government investigation is fundamentally flawed. |
Among the families' demands is that the government should look into the possible role of the army in the disappearance of the students. | Among the families' demands is that the government should look into the possible role of the army in the disappearance of the students. |
They also want an investigation into those responsible for the initial enquiry, which they believe was intended to mislead them. | They also want an investigation into those responsible for the initial enquiry, which they believe was intended to mislead them. |
The students disappeared on 26 September, 2014, in the city of Iguala in Guerrero state. | The students disappeared on 26 September, 2014, in the city of Iguala in Guerrero state. |
The federal government has said local police from Iguala and the nearby town of Cocula had detained the students and turned them over to a local drug gang, which then allegedly killed them and burnt the remains. | |
But a team of international experts sent by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights spent six months reviewing the government's investigation and found a number of flaws. | But a team of international experts sent by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights spent six months reviewing the government's investigation and found a number of flaws. |
It concluded the bodies of 43 students could not have been burned at the rubbish dump in Cocula as the government maintained. | It concluded the bodies of 43 students could not have been burned at the rubbish dump in Cocula as the government maintained. |
The government says it has identified two of the students from the burned remains recovered from the rubbish dump. | The government says it has identified two of the students from the burned remains recovered from the rubbish dump. |
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