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| Mexico missing case: Iguala Mayor Jose Luis Abarca held | |
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| Police in Mexico say they have arrested the fugitive mayor of the town of Iguala, where 43 students went missing in September. | |
| Jose Luis Abarca was detained by federal police officers in the capital, Mexico City, a police spokesman said. | |
| Mexican officials have accused Mr Abarca of ordering police to confront the students on the day of their disappearance on 26 September. | Mexican officials have accused Mr Abarca of ordering police to confront the students on the day of their disappearance on 26 September. |
| Eyewitnesses described seeing them being bundled into police cars. | Eyewitnesses described seeing them being bundled into police cars. |
| Federal police spokesman Jose Ramon Salinas confirmed the arrest of Mr Abarca and his wife Maria de los Angeles Pined on Twitter. | |
| Mexican officials had issued an arrest warrant for Mr Abarca and Ms Pineda after Iguala police officers said they had received an order from the mayor to intercept the students. | |
| The officers said they had been told to stop the students from interrupting a speech given by Ms Pineda in Iguala on that day. | The officers said they had been told to stop the students from interrupting a speech given by Ms Pineda in Iguala on that day. |
| The students, from a nearby teacher training college, had travelled to Iguala to raise funds and protest. | The students, from a nearby teacher training college, had travelled to Iguala to raise funds and protest. |
| They have not been seen since. A search has uncovered a series of mass graves in the area, but initial tests suggested they were not those of the students. | They have not been seen since. A search has uncovered a series of mass graves in the area, but initial tests suggested they were not those of the students. |
| Since then, more bodies have been uncovered and officials have cast doubt on the accuracy of the initial tests. | |
| More forensic tests are currently being carried out. | |
| Mr Abarca and Ms Pineda were arrested in a flat in Mexico City, media reports said. | |
| They have been taken for questioning. Officials hope they will be able to shed light on the whereabouts of the students. |