Members of Mexico’s Federal Police Possibly Involved in Student Abduction

Two agents from Mexico’s federal police could have been involved in the disappearance of 43 students in Guerrero state in 2014, the country’s National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) announced.

MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – The commission said as quoted by Mexico’s El Universal newspaper on Thursday that it has evidence of "alleged involvement of members of the Federal Police" in the case. According to the commission, the federal police agents could have conspired with municipal police and local criminal gangs.

Forty three students disappeared in Mexico’s Guerrero state in September, 2014. They were abducted after participating in a protest against discriminatory hiring and funding practices in the city of Iguala.

Initially, authorities blamed the alleged abduction on local drug cartels and criminal gangs, but additional evidence provided by independent experts pointed to local police and army having been involved in the kidnappings.

Over a hundred people were arrested following the incident, including the former mayor of Iguala and numerous police officials.

According to Mexican authorities, the students could have been burnt at a trash dump near the city of Cocula located in Guerrero state. However, several independent reports have refuted this claim.