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Ghosts of Iguala

An investigation into the disappearance of 43 students from the teachers college known as Ayotzinapa in the Mexican state of Guerrero.

Image #: 34219615 (150113) -- GUERRERO, Jan. 13, 2015 (Xinhua) -- Flames emanate from a vehicle during a protest in front of the 35th Military Zone in Chilpancingo, capital of Guerrero State, Mexico, on Jan 12, 2015. According to local press, the parents of missing students, with support of the memebers of the State Coordinator of Education Workers of Guerrero (CETEG in Spanish), burnt an official vehicle in front of the main door of the 50th Infantry Battalion of the 35th Military Zone, demanding the presentation of results in the search for 43 missing students abducted in Guerrero State in September 2014. (Xinhua/Edgar de Jesus Espinoza) (dzl) XINHUA /LANDOV

Ghosts of Iguala

Mexico: Case Unravels in Disappearance of 43 Students

Forty-three male students from the Raul Burgos Rural Teachers College in Ayotzinapa, Guerrero were disappeared on September 26, 2014 at the hands of local police working in conjunction with drug traffickers. To raise funds for the movement and in support of the parents of the 43 missing young men, normal school students from Ayotzinapa and supporters from other campuses, take over the toll booths at Palo Blanco on the main highway connecting Mexico City with the port and vacation city of Acapulco, collecting 50 Mexican pesos (about $3.70 US) from each vehicle that passes. Toll booth showing damage done when the installation was wrecked by students. Posters of the missing students are on the windows.

Ghosts of Iguala

Mexico: How 43 Students Disappeared in the Night