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Protesters wearing red and carrying symbolic coffins marched in Mexico City on September 26, demanding answers about the 43 missing trainee teachers from Ayotzinapa who disappeared in 2014. President Claudia Sheinbaum is scheduled to present a report on September 28 regarding recent developments in the case. Demonstrators chanted and held banners declaring their hope for the return of the students alive, as families continue to push for transparency after twelve years without resolution.

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On September 26, thousands of protesters in Mexico City wore red and carried symbolic coffins during a demonstration demanding answers about 43 missing trainee teachers who disappeared on September 26, 2014. The protest was led by parents of the Ayotzinapa teacher trainees. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who often meets with the families, is scheduled to present a report on September 28 after an exhaustive review by the attorney-general’s office. One banner slogan read: “Because they were taken alive, we want them back alive.” Estanislao Mendoza, another parent of one of the missing students, expressed frustration over years of unanswered questions and uncertainty regarding their fate. Protesters counted to 43 multiple times to honor each student as part of their demonstration against government inaction and perceived lack of transparency.

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who regularly meets with the disappeared’s families, is expected to present a report on Sept 28 on the latest progress in the case, following an exhaustive review of the evidence by the attorney-general’s office.

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🔮 Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who regularly meets with the disappeared’s families, is expected to present a report on Sept 28 on the latest progress in the case, following an exhaustive review of the evidence by the attorney-general’s office.

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Thousands protest ahead of Mexican president’s report on missing students MEXICO CITY – asserted

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Thousands of protesters wore red and carried symbolic coffins during a demonstration in Mexico City on Sept 26, demanding answers about the 43 trainee teachers who went missing 12 years ago. asserted

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“Because they were taken alive, we want them back alive,” one banner slogan read. asserted

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The protest was led by parents of the 43 teacher trainees from Ayotzinapa, who led the procession to the capital’s main square, where the government palace is located. asserted

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Others counted to 43 several times to honour each of the trainees from the rural teachers’ college who disappeared on Sept 26, 2014. asserted

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“Another year of strain, of exhaustion, of hopelessness,” Estanislao Mendoza, one of the parents of the 43, told AFP. asserted

Mendoza → tell → AFP

“We want to know, whether it’s good or bad, alive or dead, but to know the truth, to know where they are,” he said. asserted

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The students were travelling from Guerrero state to a protest in Mexico City. asserted

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Local police stopped them in the town of Iguala, where six died in an hours-long street clash and 43 later went missing. asserted

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Prosecutors initially said the officers delivered the 43 teacher trainees to drug cartel hitmen, who killed them, incinerated their bodies and dumped the remains in a river. asserted

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However, independent human rights experts have rejected the government’s conclusion, and the unsolved case remains a stain on Mexico’s reputation. asserted

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A former governor was arrested in August, on accusations of deleting the security videos of the scene of the crime in Iguala. asserted

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The former state attorney-general was also arrested in 2022. asserted

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More than 134,000 people are listed as disappeared in Mexico. asserted

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“It’s necessary to support a struggle against the indifference of a government that refuses to accept that there is a disappearance crisis,” said 69-year-old Atanacio Pina, whose missing son was later found dead. asserted

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