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Mexican mayor arrested over students’ abduction Mexican mayor arrested over students’ abduction
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Police have detained the former mayor of the southern Mexican city of Iguala, who officials say ordered the attacks on students at a teachers’ college in September that left six dead and 43 missing.Police have detained the former mayor of the southern Mexican city of Iguala, who officials say ordered the attacks on students at a teachers’ college in September that left six dead and 43 missing.
José Luis Abarca and his wife, Maria de los Angeles Pineda, were arrested in Mexico City without resisting, according to two security officials. They provided no other details.José Luis Abarca and his wife, Maria de los Angeles Pineda, were arrested in Mexico City without resisting, according to two security officials. They provided no other details.
The couple was in the custody of the attorney general’s office, where they were giving statements. More than a month after the attacks, Mexican authorities still have not determined the whereabouts of the 43 students, undermining President Enrique Peña Nieto’s claims that Mexico has become safer under his watch. The couple were in the custody of the attorney general’s office, where they were giving statements. More than a month after the attacks, Mexican authorities still have not determined the whereabouts of the 43 students, undermining President Enrique Peña Nieto’s claims that Mexico has become safer under his watch.
Their detention could shed light on disappearances, which have remained a mystery. The students disappeared after an attack by police on the rural teachers’ college in Iguala, which is in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero. Authorities say it was ordered by Abarca, who thought the students were aiming to interrupt a speech by Pineda, and was carried out by police working with the Guerreros Unidos cartel. Authorities say Pineda was an operative in the cartel.
The rural teachers college students disappeared after an attack by police in Iguala, which is in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero. Authorities say it was ordered by Abarca, who thought the students were aiming to interrupt a speech by Pineda, and was carried out by police working with the Guerreros Unidos cartel. Authorities say Pineda was an operative in the cartel.
The search for the students has taken authorities to the hills above Iguala, where 30 bodies have been found in mass graves but not identified so far as any of the students. Last week, the search turned to a gully near a rubbish dump in the neighbouring city of Cocula, but still no remains have been identified.The search for the students has taken authorities to the hills above Iguala, where 30 bodies have been found in mass graves but not identified so far as any of the students. Last week, the search turned to a gully near a rubbish dump in the neighbouring city of Cocula, but still no remains have been identified.