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Mexico’s Government Can't Find 70,000 Missing People
President AMLO promised to prioritize the search for Mexico's 'disappeared', but his efforts have merely frustrated families looking for their loved ones.
Mexico's botched investigation of 43 missing students leads chief investigator to resign
Parents of the students see the resignation of Tomás Zerón as an empty gesture since he's being rewarded with another high-level government job.
These Relatives of Mexico's Disappeared Are Combing the Desert Looking for Bodies
According to official figures there are 24,238 people currently disappeared in Mexico. With the authorities doing little to find them, some relatives of the missing have formed groups to search for their loved ones themselves.
Parents of Disappeared Mexican Students Are Furious Over Docudrama of the Case
The film dramatizes the government investigation's conclusion that the students were killed and incinerated in a rubbish dump after being accused of being members of a drug gang, a version the parents and international experts reject.
Colombian Government and Rebels Are Going to Help Search for People They Disappeared
Latest agreement between government and FARC rebels comes within negotiations to end 51 years of civil conflict in Colombia nearing "home stretch," experts say.
Government Trying to Discredit Critical Report on Disappeared Students, Lawyer Says
The lawyer who represents parents' of the students says a key detainee never confessed to ordering the murder of the students, as an official claimed.
In Photos: A Call For Justice On the Streets of Mexico City for 'More Than' 43 Missing
Scenes from the huge demonstration in central Mexico City on the one-year anniversary of the mass disappearance of 43 young men from the Ayotzinapa Normal School.
Mexico Arrests 'Material Author' of Attack Against Missing Students, But Offers No Details
Mexico's national security commissioner did not reveal what makes detainee Gildardo Lopez Astudillo the 'author' of the attacks that left 43 young men missing. Later, an Argentine forensics group confirmed the death of a second student.
Survivors of Chile’s Dictatorship Celebrate Death of ‘Bloodthirsty’ Former Spy Chief
Manuel Contreras "was one of the biggest criminals in history," said one survivor of the Pinochet regime who celebrated with crowds in Santiago upon hearing news of the former spy chief's passing.
The New Zealand Man Trying to Draw Attention to the Abduction of a Syrian Schoolteacher
Earlier this month, Usama Ajjan disappeared along with three Spanish journalists in Aleppo. But while the Spaniards made international news, Usama largely did not.
Mexico’s Military Says One of the Missing 43 Students Was an Active Soldier
Almost nine months since the Ayotzinapa disappearances, parents said Thursday they knew of no missing young man who was a soldier. They called the army's statements a strategy at dividing them.
Forced Disappearances, Uncounted Missing Haunt Mexico
The case of the 43 missing students in Mexico has galvanized discussion and efforts to locate thousands of others who remain missing. Many of them are not included in official figures.