02:38Mexico: Obrador promises justice to families of missing 'Ayotzinapa 43'
Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador met with parents and relatives of 43 missing students in Iguala, Guerrero during a commemorative march in Mexico City on Wednesday.
Four years after the disappearance, the parents are still struggling to know the whereabouts of their children.
As a result of the meeting, the three agreements reached were announced: request the Judicial Branch to create a commission for truth and justice; to emit a decree on December 1 for the creation of the investigative commission and define the procedure to get to the truth and justice, and third, agreed to change the function of the secretary of government so that it has nothing to do with police or espionage issues and focus on the protection of human rights.
Later, a rally was held for the opur years of the disappearance of the 43 students of the normal school of Ayotzinapa 'Isidro Burgos' with the participation of organisations such as Oxfam, Amnesty International and thousands of students from different schools.
Lopez Obrador, who also goes by the nickname AMLO, will assume office in December. He secured 53.1 percent of the vote, double the total of his closest rival Ricardo Anaya.
Forty-three students, that were training to be teachers at the College of Ayotzinapa, went missing on September 26, 2014 after being detained by police in Iguala, a town in the state of Guerrero. An independent investigation released in December 2014, stated that the Federal Police were involved in the disappearances, handing the students over to local gang members. The allegations of political and police corruption have led to mass protests throughout the country.
The remains of only two of the 43 missing students, Alexander Mora and Jhosivani Guerrero de la Cruz, have been identified so far.
02:38Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador met with parents and relatives of 43 missing students in Iguala, Guerrero during a commemorative march in Mexico City on Wednesday.
Four years after the disappearance, the parents are still struggling to know the whereabouts of their children.
As a result of the meeting, the three agreements reached were announced: request the Judicial Branch to create a commission for truth and justice; to emit a decree on December 1 for the creation of the investigative commission and define the procedure to get to the truth and justice, and third, agreed to change the function of the secretary of government so that it has nothing to do with police or espionage issues and focus on the protection of human rights.
Later, a rally was held for the opur years of the disappearance of the 43 students of the normal school of Ayotzinapa 'Isidro Burgos' with the participation of organisations such as Oxfam, Amnesty International and thousands of students from different schools.
Lopez Obrador, who also goes by the nickname AMLO, will assume office in December. He secured 53.1 percent of the vote, double the total of his closest rival Ricardo Anaya.
Forty-three students, that were training to be teachers at the College of Ayotzinapa, went missing on September 26, 2014 after being detained by police in Iguala, a town in the state of Guerrero. An independent investigation released in December 2014, stated that the Federal Police were involved in the disappearances, handing the students over to local gang members. The allegations of political and police corruption have led to mass protests throughout the country.
The remains of only two of the 43 missing students, Alexander Mora and Jhosivani Guerrero de la Cruz, have been identified so far.