Families of Disappeared Ayotzinapa Students Call for Dismissal of Special Prosecutor
- On May 27, 2025, families of 43 students missing since 2014 in Iguala gathered to demand the dismissal of special prosecutor Rosendo Gómez Piedra.
- The parents lost faith in Gómez due to allegations of embezzlement, extortion, bribery, and abuse of authority amid an unresolved investigation lasting almost 11 years.
- Gómez leads the federal unit investigating the abduction alleged to involve corrupt police and a crime gang, with 120 suspects in custody and 46 cases ongoing.
- Gómez reported that authorities have combed through over 800 locations in the Guerrero mountains in their efforts to locate the missing students' remains, a comment that President Claudia Sheinbaum criticized as "very unfortunate" amid demands for new investigative approaches.
- The government pledged continued investigations and new approaches to find the young men, reflecting ongoing efforts to resolve the nearly 11-year-old Ayotzinapa case.
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Families of disappeared Ayotzinapa students call for dismissal of special prosecutor
The special prosecutor leading the investigation into the 2014 disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Normal School in Guerrero earned a rebuke from President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday after stating that authorities have been “searching for corpses.” “We have visited more than 800 sites in the mountains [of Guerrero] searching for corpses,” Rosendo Gómez Piedra told reporters outside the National Palace in Mexico City before…


Trial of Relief in Ayotzinapa Prosecutor’s Office
President Sheinbaum said it is analyzed to relieve the Prosecutor of the Ayotzinapa case, after parents of the 43 demanded his departure.
Family Members of the 43 Sue to Remove Prosecutor Rosendo Gomez for Corrupt
The relatives of the 43 students from Ayotzinapa disappeared in 2014 demanded that President Claudia Sheinbaum remove the special prosecutor for the case, Rosendo Gómez Piedra, accusing him of corruption, lack of confidence and because “he has not given strong answers” to locate the students. With those actions of the official “there is no hope for it to come to the truth,” they emphasized.
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