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Mexican Panel Criticizes Inquiry in Missing Students Case Mexican Panel Criticizes Inquiry in Missing Students Case
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MEXICO CITY — The National Human Rights Commission of Mexico is questioning the government’s investigation into the disappearance of 43 college students who investigators say were killed and incinerated in September.MEXICO CITY — The National Human Rights Commission of Mexico is questioning the government’s investigation into the disappearance of 43 college students who investigators say were killed and incinerated in September.
The commission on Thursday issued a list of 32 omissions in the investigation and recommendations that it said were vital to solving the case, even though the Attorney General’s Office gave its official version of what happened in January. The commission on Thursday issued a list of 32 omissions in the investigation and recommendations that it said were vital to solving the case, even though the attorney general’s office gave its official version of what happened in January.
The commission report lists crucial people and evidence, including a cellphone message from one student after he would have been kidnapped, that were never pursued in the Sept. 26 attacks in the southern city of Iguala. The commission report lists crucial people and evidence, including a cellphone message from one student after he would have been kidnapped, that were never pursued in the Sept. 26 attacks in a southern city, Iguala.
“All of the things listed are not in the case file, and so in our view have not been done,” said the commission’s president, Luis Raúl González Pérez. “And they are things very important to the case.”“All of the things listed are not in the case file, and so in our view have not been done,” said the commission’s president, Luis Raúl González Pérez. “And they are things very important to the case.”
The Attorney General’s Office said only that it had received the report and did not comment further. The agency reiterated that it was committed to an exhaustive and transparent investigation. The attorney general’s office said only that it had received the report and did not comment further. The agency reiterated that it was committed to an exhaustive and transparent investigation.
The teachers college students from the state of Guerrero disappeared while commandeering transit buses for a protest in Mexico City. The Attorney General’s Office says the students were arrested by the local police and handed over to a drug gang, which killed them and burned their bodies at a garbage dump. Their remains were believed to have been put in garbage bags and dumped in the nearby San Juan River. The teachers college students from the state of Guerrero disappeared while commandeering transit buses for a protest in Mexico City. The attorney general’s office says the students were arrested by the local police and handed over to a drug gang, which killed them and burned their bodies at a garbage dump. Their remains were believed to have been put in garbage bags and dumped in the nearby San Juan River.
But the commission’s report says that the federal investigation had not developed profiles of the missing students that would include basic details like blood type, fingerprints and distinguishing characteristics like scars or tattoos, which it termed a “basic tool” of any search.But the commission’s report says that the federal investigation had not developed profiles of the missing students that would include basic details like blood type, fingerprints and distinguishing characteristics like scars or tattoos, which it termed a “basic tool” of any search.
Many of the report’s observations concern the collection and analysis of evidence from the garbage dump in Cocula and the San Juan River. That part of the government’s version has drawn the most criticism from families of the students and other observers.Many of the report’s observations concern the collection and analysis of evidence from the garbage dump in Cocula and the San Juan River. That part of the government’s version has drawn the most criticism from families of the students and other observers.
For example, the report lists a number of people known only by nickname who were said to have been involved at the dump, but who have not been arrested. It calls for the Navy divers who recovered remains in the river to be interviewed. It recommends comparing the soil recovered in the bags of remains with soil from the dump to see if it matches. It says shells recovered from the dump site should be tested to see if they match any of the recovered weapons. It also suggests that investigators have not established if the remains found at the river are human or animal. For example, the report lists a number of people known only by nickname who were said to have been involved at the dump, but who have not been arrested. It calls for the Navy divers who recovered remains in the river to be interviewed.
It recommends comparing the soil recovered in the bags of remains with soil from the dump to see if it matches. It says shells recovered from the dump site should be tested to see if they match any of the recovered weapons. It also suggests that investigators have not established if the remains found at the river are human or animal.
The report recommends that investigators identify and interview people who lived near where the attacks took place, especially those who gave refuge to some students. It says the authorities did not do forensic tests on clothing found near the buses where the attacks occurred.The report recommends that investigators identify and interview people who lived near where the attacks took place, especially those who gave refuge to some students. It says the authorities did not do forensic tests on clothing found near the buses where the attacks occurred.
The Iguala case caused national protests and outrage worldwide over the apparent collusion between criminals and the authorities in the disappearances. Federal investigators have identified only one of the missing students in the charred remains that they say were found at the river. The other remains and ashes had no identifiable DNA.The Iguala case caused national protests and outrage worldwide over the apparent collusion between criminals and the authorities in the disappearances. Federal investigators have identified only one of the missing students in the charred remains that they say were found at the river. The other remains and ashes had no identifiable DNA.