Suspected Student Massacre Shocks Violence-Weary Mexico -- Newsweek
They could not have known that what started off as a routine drive to raise funds would end in one of the gravest criminal acts in recent history in Mexico. Several of the 43 disappeared students had only recently arrived in Ayotzinapa, a small town in Guerrero State, to start classes at the teachers college when they were hauled into official vehicles by local police, not to be seen again.
But for decades, a lethal mix had been seething in Ayotzinapa, known for having a violent and subversive streak that draws a continuous stream of idealistic youth from some of the poorest regions of Mexico. Coupled with the increasing production of poppy and marijuana in Guerrero and exacerbated by a mayor whose wife came from a family with close ties to organized crime, Ayotzinapa had become a pressure cooker waiting to explode.
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More News On The Student Massacre Case That Has Shocked Mexico
Mexicans fume over missing students case -- Digital Journal/AFP
43 missing students feared dead as more mass graves are found in Mexico -- FOX News
Suspects in case of missing Mexican students reveal more mass graves -- The Guardian
Four More Mass Graves Found in Mexico as Protesters Demand Justice -- Mashable
Killings drag Mexico's president away from focus on economic reforms -- FOX News/AP
Massacres tarnish President Peña Nieto's image of a changing Mexico -- FOX News
Missing students and murders eclipse reforms push in Mexico -- Reuters
The Apparent Massacre of Dozens of Students Exposes the Corruption at the Heart of Mexico -- Ioan Grillio, Time
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