Tuesday, 20 October 2015

Mexico agrees to relaunch investigation of missing students

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FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2015, file photo, a man holds a banner that reads in Spanish "Justice," as he pays his respects at a newly erected momument at the place where Julio Cesar Mondragon's body was found, during a march by parents and relatives of 43 missing students and 3 who were killed, in Iguala, Guerrero State, Mexico. The United States has withheld $5 million in anti-drug aid to Mexico over concerns on human rights in the country, the State Department said Monday, Oct. 19, 2015. Mexico has been criticized for human rights concerns such as the 2014 disappearance of the 43 teachers' college students, who were detained by police in the southern state of Guerrero and have not been heard from since. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Mexico has agreed to relaunch its investigation into last year's disappearance of 43 teachers' college students.
The country is accepting recommendations by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, but will not allow a group of independent experts to directly question military troops.
Eber Betanzos is deputy prosecutor for human rights at Mexico's federal Attorney General's Office. He says his office "completely" accepts a report by the five experts.
One of the experts is Angela Buitrago, a Colombian who said Tuesday the relaunched investigation will follow outlines laid out by her group, including the use of technology and a map of clandestine graves. It also will be done in coordination with families of the missing.
The students disappeared in September 2015 after being detained by police in the state of Guerrero.
AP

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