US EditionMexico court orders army to hand in missing documents on students that disappeared
The court rejected the army's denial and ordered release of 853 pages to aid investigation into the 2014 disappearance of 43 students from Ayotzinapa.
- On March 4, a Mexican court ordered the army to hand over 853 pages related to the 2014 disappearance of 43 students in Guerrero.
- Citing the public interest, the court found the ruling dated February 19 said victims' families and society have an overriding interest in knowing the truth amid renewed investigation attention.
- International probes found organized crime members with police killed the students, but only the remains of three students have been positively identified and others remain missing.
- Families' representatives praised the ruling and Mexico's defense ministry did not immediately respond while President Claudia Sheinbaum said she would meet victims' parents this month.
- Mexico has for over a decade promised to find those responsible but no one has been convicted, though over 100 arrests and ongoing prosecutions continue in the landmark investigation.
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A judge has ordered the Ministry of Defense to hand over “all” of the information gathered in 2014 by the Regional Intelligence Fusion Center (CFRI) in relation to the Ayotzinapa case, as reported by the Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez Human Rights Center (Centro ProDH) in a statement this Wednesday. The court ruling responds to a lawsuit filed in 2023 by relatives of the 43 students from a rural school, who disappeared in the municipality of Iguala, …
Mexico court orders army to hand in missing documents on students that disappeared
A Mexican court ordered the army to hand over long-awaited documents that could advance the landmark investigation into the 2014 disappearance of 43 students in southern Guerrero state at the alleged hands of organized crime and local security forces.
The Judicial Power of the Federation (PJF) ordered the Ministry of National Defense (Sedena) to hand over the missing documents in the Ayotzinapa case. It was the Fifth District Court in Administrative Matters in Mexico City that decided on February 19, the amparo trial 1350/2023, ruling that the Mexican Army must deliver all the information generated during 2014 by the Regional Intelligence Fusion Center “Centro” (CFRI), based in Iguala, Guerre…
Photo: Gerardo Magallón / Disinform ourselves Mexico City Disinform ourselves. The Fifth District Court in Administrative Matters in Mexico City ordered the army to hand over all the information generated during 2014 by the Regional Intelligence Fusion Center “Centro” (CFRI), based in Iguala, Guerrero, as well as by other military intelligence agencies, reported the Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez Human Rights Center (Centro Prodh).
A federal court estimated a gap of approximately 853 folios from the “Centre” Regional Intelligence Fusion Center that have not been revealed.
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