“We continue to demonstrate because it is the state, the same as elements of the government. “Everyone is a participant,” Hilda Hernández said, holding a sign with her son's picture at a protest in Mexico City. César Manuel went to Ayotzinapa from another state to fulfill his dream of becoming a rural teacher, but he disappeared ten years ago. in one of the worst episodes in recent Mexican history.
September 26 marks a decade since the tragic night in which 43 students aged between 17 and 25 from a modest school to train teachers in the countryside disappeared after being attacked and detained by local police. Since then, only three bodies have been identified and it is still unknown what happened and where the rest are. Despite efforts to set up a truth commission and invite independent international experts, the investigation has repeatedly hit a roadblock for the increasingly empowered army, which is accused of withholding information and links to organized crime.