One Year After Ayotzinapa, Can Mexico Stop the Disappearances and Violence? AJ+
go to original September 30, 2015

September 26 marked the one-year anniversary of what has been called one of the worst human rights violations in modern Mexican history: The disappearance and presumed death of 43 students from Iguala. The Mexican government claims that municipal police delivered the students to a local drug trafficking gang, but several independent investigations have poked holes in their story.

The disappearance and the government's response have fueled a political crisis. The 43 students have also become symbols of a much larger societal ill. Tens of thousands of other people have vanished under similar circumstances.

AJ+ traveled to Iguala to learn more about the disappearances and speak to some of those who have been personally affected.

Related: On Ayotzinapa Anniversary, All Eyes on Mexico (Al Jazeera)

Related: Relatives of 43 Missing Mexican Students Tour 'Crime Scene' (Daily Express)

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