Thousands march 5 months after Mexican students disappeared
Thousands march 5 months after Mexican students disappeared
27 February 2015 08:32 (Last updated 27 February 2015 08:35)
On fifth month anniversary of their disappearance, relatives and supporters of the missing students held a march in Mexico City for justice for 43 missing students.
By Nancy Caouette
MEXICO CITY
Protesters marched here Thursday to demand justice for 43 students from Ayotzinapa College who went missing in Iguala, five months ago to the day. Relatives of the students led the passive protest that attracted mostly students and workers unions from Mexico City. The families have not given up in their fight for justice, even though authorities shelved the investigation last month and said the students were murdered and cremated by a local criminal gang.
“Five months later, we still don’t have words to express what they do to us,” said Maria Tlatempa, a mother of one of the missing students. “The government knows were they are. Give us our kids back,” she said as the crowd chanted, ‘’Go away Pena,” in reference to President Enrique Pena Nieto.
Earlier Thursday, about 1,000 teachers marched in Acapulco, two days after 65-year-old retired teacher Claudio Castillo Pena was killed during a protest there for unpaid wages for school staff.
Authorities said Castillo was hit and then run over by a vehicle but the teachers union in Guerrero, CETEG, contends Castillo died from injuries he sustained after police hit him during the march.
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