Experts from Austria Identify Possible Second Victim of Student Kidnapping VOA News
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Student Jhosivani Guerrero de la Cruz (L) next to Alexander Mora Venancio (R), whose remains were identified in December. (Milenio)

Mexican authorities say they have identified the remains of a second person missing after last year's kidnapping and disappearance of 43 students in the country's southern Guerrero state.

Mexico's Attorney General Arely Gomez said Wednesday that experts from Austria's Innsbruck Medical University found indications of a possible match between some of the remains and a student named Jhosivani Guerrero de la Cruz, who was 21 when he disappeared September 26, 2014.

Last December experts identified a bone fragment as belonging to 19-year-old Alexander Mora.

The remains were among bone fragments that were found at a landfill where Mexican prosecutors say the bodies of the students may have been dumped and incinerated.

But earlier this month, international experts reviewing the Mexican government's probe of the abductions rejected the government's official narrative. They accused investigators of mishandling evidence and relying solely on statements from suspects.

A more than 400-page analysis was released September 6 by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights - the autonomous rights arm of the Organization of American States – said there is no evidence supporting the government's central claim.

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