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Mexico says drug gangskilled kidnapped students

SATURDAY 08 NOVM!R "0#$%artel &e&'ers apparently con(ess to t)e grueso&e &urder o( $* students

+)o disappeared in Septe&'er, !ut angry relati-es re.ect t)e o/cial

-ersion o( e-ents,

 T)e college students clas)ed +it) police in t)e city o( guala1 +)ere t)ey

+ere collecting donations and )ad co&&andeered pu'lic 'uses1 on

Septe&'er "2,

 T)e Mexican aut)orities say local police1 acting on t)e orders o( t)e (or&er

Mayor 3ose 4uis A'arca1 opened 5re on t)e students1 killing six people,

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6olice t)en took $* o( t)e young people a+ay and )anded t)e& o-er to

&e&'ers o( t)e 7uerreros Unidos cartel1 +)o carried out a 'loody

&assacre,

Mexican Attorney 7eneral 3esus Murillo ara& played -ideo o( purported

gang &e&'ers con(essing to t)e killings and descri'ing +)at t)ey did,

Mr Murillo said t)e gang &e&'ers1 caug)t a +eek ago1 ad&itted setting 5re

to 'odies in a du&p near guala1 t)en re&o-ing all t)e e-idence 'y

du&ping t)e incinerated re&ains in t)e ri-er,

Anot)er -ideo s)o+ed )undreds o( c)arred (rag&ents o( 'one and teet)

t)at )ad 'een du&ped in and along t)e San 3uan Ri-er in t)e neig)'ouring

to+n o( %ocula,Ot)er re&ains +ere (ound in a &ass gra-e1 ground up a(ter )a-ing 'een

'urned,

 T)e attorney general said t)e state o( t)e re&ains +ill &ake it )ard to

identi(y t)e& using DNA, T)e aut)orities are using a specialised la'oratory

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in Austria 'ut it is not kno+n )o+ long t)e process o( identi5cation could

take,

At a ne+s con(erence1 parents o( t)e students said t)ey did not trust t)e

Mexican go-ern&ent9s -ersion o( e-ents,

One (at)er1 :elipe de la %ru;1 said< =A(ter &ore t)an $0 days +e continue

+it) t)e sa&e circu&stances and today t)ey are again )oping to &ake

society 'elie-e t)at t)e t)e young &en are dead,=

>e +ant to say t)at as parents o( t)e (a&ily t)at in no +ay do +e

accept t)is declaration

A &ot)er o( one o( t)e students said< =>e +ant to say t)at as parents o( t)e

(a&ily t)at in no +ay do +e accept t)is declaration t)at +as gi-en 'ecause1

)e )i&sel( ? Mr Murillo@ included1 )as said t)at )e is not sure t)at it is (or

certain,

=>it) t)is +e don9t +ant to say t)at +e9re closed to any results, >e +ant

results 'ut +it) proo(, T)e &o&ent t)at +e as parents o( t)e (a&ily1 as

(a&ily are sure o( +)at t)e attorney general is saying is t)e trut)1 only at

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t)is &o&ent +ill +e accept it +)ate-er t)e result,=

 T)e relati-es said Mexico9s president1 ntiue 6ena Nieto1 )as not kept )is

pro&ise to )elp t)e (a&ilies in e-ery possi'le +ay1 saying )e still re(uses to

sign a petition t)ey presented to )i&,

Mr Nieto pledged )is support (or t)e parents and -o+ed =t)e guilty +ill 'e

punis)ed under t)e rule o( la+,=

So&e B$ people )a-e 'een detained so (ar in t)e case1 including t)e (or&er

&ayor A'arca and )is +i(e,

A'out #001000 people )a-e died in -iolence linked to organised cri&e in

Mexico since "00B,

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