| Mexico: DNA Analysis Identifies Second Student Among 43 Disappeared in 2014 |
| Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=54977"><span class="small">Kirk Semple, Paulina Villegas and Natalie Kitroeff, The New York Times</span></a> |
| Wednesday, 08 July 2020 08:27 |
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Excerpt: "Nearly six years after 43 college students disappeared in rural Mexico, the government announced the first major breakthrough in its investigation on Tuesday: Forensic scientists have identified the remains of one of the students."
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Bone fragments found near where the students disappeared have been tested by Institute of Genetics at the University of Innsbruck, in Austria, and identified as the remains of Christian Alfonso Rodríguez Telumbre, one of the students, said Omar Gómez Trejo, the special prosecutor assigned to the case. He added that forensic experts from Argentina had confirmed the findings. The discovery marked a fresh sign of progress toward solving a case that traumatized Mexico and became a symbol of rampant corruption in the country’s justice system. It has long been assumed that the missing students were killed, and various people in authority have been implicated, but no one has been put on trial and the motive remains a mystery. |
early six years after 43 college students disappeared in rural Mexico, the government announced the first major breakthrough in its investigation on Tuesday: Forensic scientists have identified the remains of one of the students.