World News | 43 students missing in 2014, Mexico arrests former anti-kidnapping officer

MEXICO CITY, June 27 (AP) Mexico said Monday it has arrested the former head of the federal anti-kidnapping unit in connection with the disappearance of 43 students in 2014.

Gualberto Ramirez was head of the anti-kidnapping unit of the Attorney General’s Office when the students at the Teachers College in Ayocinapa in southern Mexico went missing.

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Assistant Interior Secretary Alejandro Encinas wrote that Ramirez faces charges of disappearance, torture and conspiracy in connection with a failed kidnapping investigation. The abduction is defined as a “disappearance” under Mexican law because the remains of only three victims have been identified.

On September 26, 2014, security forces abducted the students from a bus in the city of Iguala and handed them over to a local drug gang, which apparently killed and burned them.

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A Mexican military official confirmed last week that eight soldiers had been detained in connection with the case pending possible charges from civil prosecutors.

Recent revelations have suggested the military was involved in the disappearances, but the motive for kidnapping the students remains unclear, despite mounting evidence that it may involve police and military collusion with drug dealers. (Associated Press)

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