Search for Missing Students in Mexico Finds Corpses of at Least 129 Other People

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Jul 27, 2015 None of the bodies uncovered have been linked to the Ayotzinapa students missing for the past 10 months. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Watch This Powerful Short Film About the Students Missing From Ayotzinapa

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Mar 26, 2015 Months after 43 students went missing from a village in Guerrero and left Mexico reeling, The New Yorker takes a look at conditions in the Mexican state and the community's response to the disappearance. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

After Months of Protests, Mexican Government Declares 43 Missing Students Dead

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Jan 29, 2015 Mexican authorities have finally said what happened to the college students from Ayotzinapa who disappeared last September, an incident that sparked months of outrage throughout the country. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mexico’s Breaking Point

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Nov 21, 2014 So deeply has this incident shaken the country that, as author Ruben Martinez describes it, “To understand the historical significance -- and the moral and political gravity -- of what is occurring, think of 9/11, of Sandy Hook, of the day JFK was assassinated.” Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Will the Mexican President Resign Over the Ayotzinapa Student Disappearance?

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Nov 13, 2014 Not only did President Enrique Peña Nieto handle the current crisis facing his nation with cowardly indifference, but as the call for his resignation resounds throughout Mexico, more evidence of his ineptitude comes to light. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

#YaMeCanse: Mexico Turmoil Reaches Boiling Point as Protests Over Students’ Disappearance Continue

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Nov 10, 2014 Setting fire to the door of a palace built for Hernan Cortés, which Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto uses for official ceremonies, is an appropriate symbolic act for a wary nation abused and abandoned by corrupt officials, continually plagued with bloodshed and fear. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

What Does the U.S. Have to Do With the 43 Students Missing in Mexico?

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Oct 9, 2014 The only possible sign of the nearly four dozen students who disappeared in Guerrero, Mexico, during a clash with police last month is a mass grave with 28 currently unidentifiable bodies. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Mexican Locals Take Law Into Their Own Hands

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 29, 2013 Hundreds of armed vigilantes took control of a Mexican town in the western coastal state of Guerrero, arresting local cops and conducting searches and handing the accused over to state prosecutors in response to the killing of a vigilante leader Monday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )