Mexico mayor arrested in students' disappearance charged with homicide

[Judi Lynn]

Source: UPI

Mexico mayor arrested in students' disappearance charged with homicide

The Guerrero state's attorney's office announced homicide charges have been filed against former Iguala Mayor Jose Luis Abarca in connection with a Sept. 26 attack on university students in his town.

By JC Finley Follow @OneCuriousWorld Contact the Author | Nov. 14, 2014 at 12:51 PM

MEXICO CITY, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- The mayor arrested in connection with the disappearance of 43 college students in Mexico's Guerrero state has been charged with homicide.
According to the Guerrero state attorney's office, prosecutors have charged Jose Luis Abarca with six counts of aggravated homicide and one count of attempted homicide.

Abarca and his wife are considered the "probable masterminds" in the Sept. 26 attack on the students from Escuela Normal Rural de Ayotzinapa. According to Mexico's Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam, the couple wanted to get rid of the students because they didn't want the students' protest to disrupt a planned political event hosted by Pineda in the town the same day.

The students were aboard three commercial buses they had earlier commandeered (a common practice among students in Mexico and largely tolerated) and en route to a planned demonstration when local police blocked the buses and opened fire. Three students and three others were killed in the ambush. Some of the students were able to escape while 43 students were last seen being taken into police custody.




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[florida08]

1. that was fast

but I only heard about this yesterday. Hope they string everyone of them up. Too harsh? Not for damn sadistic monsters like these.











edited for leaving out the verb

[Throd]

2. It's a start. Now dig deeper.

[Judi Lynn]

3. Body of Ugandan priest found in southern Mexico mass grave

Body of Ugandan priest found in southern Mexico mass grave
Source: Reuters - Fri, 14 Nov 2014 17:23 GMT

By Lizbeth Diaz and Anahi Rama

IGUALA, Mexico, Nov 14 (Reuters) - The body of a Roman Catholic priest from Uganda who went missing in southwestern Mexico has been found in a mass grave as authorities search for the remains of 43 missing trainee teachers feared massacred, the local diocese said on Friday.

The remains of the priest, identified as John Ssenyondo, were dug up about a week ago and identified by the recovered skull as well as dental records. He had been missing since May, the state attorney general's office said.

"It was found in a mass grave with six other bodies," said a spokesperson for the diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, in the troubled southwestern state of Guerrero where the government say the trainee teachers were abducted in late September by corrupt police in league with a drug gang.

Ssenyondo was allegedly abducted by armed men after refusing to baptize a girl who was suspected of being the daughter of a local gangster, the spokesperson added.

More:
http://www.trust.org/item/20141114172227-skww6/

[valerief]

4. Wow, that would never happen in the U.S. Cops can kill whoever they want here. nt

[Guaguacoa]

11. You obviously have no clue of what goes on here. Arrested is one thing, convicted is another.

The police here are far worse than those in the us ever thought about being. This guy is also not a cop.

It really irritates me when people in the us belittle what happens here by making snarky remarks on how it's not as bad as the us, when it's about a million times worse. Point out how many cops, or mayors of cities are behind mass disappearances of students there. Jeez.

Arrests are typically fast here and paraded in front of the cameras, convictions rarely happen as they just parade someone to make it go away. In this case they could not as it was known who was behind it, still doesn't mean a conviction though.

Only 4.5% of crime investigated and 1% make it to trial. I guarantee it's even lower for police officers.

"A 2011 study by Mexico’s National Autonomous University found that police only investigate 4.5 percent of reported crimes every year in Mexico, and that just one percent make it to trial. "

http://www.insightcrime.org/news-briefs/30-percent-drug-trafficking-suspects-in-mexico-convicted

So please, stop with the BS comparisons of mexico to the US as all it does is belittle the deaths of the victims. Brown skinned people matter just as much as white ones.

[valerief]

15. Sorry

[Guaguacoa]

17. Now I feel bad for being so harsh, it's just a pet peeve of mine when people

deflect to the us is in threads about mexico. I wouldn't do that in a us thread, deflect to mexico, as I respect the victims. You are probably a great person, again just my pet peeve.

[virgogal]

18. They can? Well that's news to me. With roughly 750,000 LEOs in the USA

I'm surprised I've missed all of the news about the thousands of murders.

[Marrah_G]

5. Now they need to lock him away where no one can help him escape

or pay off some judge to release him. This guy is a monster and so is his wife.

[cbayer]

6. Excellent. His wife needs to be charged as well.

But are they only charging him with the 6 deaths during the initial encounter?

Hopefully more charges to come.

The people want justice and I don't think they will be satisfied unless this goes all the way to the top.

[candelista]

8. Yes.

From what I've read, she is worse than hubby.

[cbayer]

9. She is apparently the one with the very close connections to the narco gangs.

I am surprised that they charged him and not her, but hopefully more information is forthcoming.

[Guaguacoa]

12. They will probably both get charged, but

that doesn't mean conviction. Only 20% of murders tried here get convictions and that's typically not those with money or narco ties.

http://www.insightcrime.org/news-briefs/30-percent-drug-trafficking-suspects-in-mexico-convicted

"the conviction rate for murders (20 percent)"

[cbayer]

14. Hi Guaguacoa!

I want to thank you again for forcing me to take a look at my own perspective and get better educated on what is going on here.

Like all who have fallen in love, I was really in denial and refused to see.

There is something very electric in the air right now and it will be interesting to see what happens on Monday. I expect that the demonstrations will be very, very large and very, very loud.

I think change may be in the air.

[Guaguacoa]

16. Hopefully so, there is change in the air and hello yourself.:)nt

[Odin2005]

7. Well, this is escalating fast...

[cbayer]

10. Actually, no. The event happened September 26.

Part of the outrage is due to the slowness of the investigation and the lack of action for weeks.

[Guaguacoa]

13. Exactly, and there was no question there who was behind it.nt