Search For Missing Mexico Students Leads To 4 New Arrests, More Bodies
E. Eduardo Castillo, The Associated Press
Published Monday, October 27, 2014 8:45PM EDT
Last Updated Monday, October 27, 2014 9:45PM EDT
MEXICO CITY -- Mexican authorities searching for 43 missing college students have found human remains in a new area of southern Guerrero state and are testing to see if they belong to the young men who last were seen in police custody a month ago, a government official said Monday.
Authorities came upon the new location based on statements from four people arrested early Monday, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press. The new remains were found in Cocula, a town about 17 kilometres from where the students last were seen.
Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam confirmed the four arrests in a press conference but made no mention of more remains or mass graves. He said some of those arrested could be members of the Guerreros Unidos cartel responsible for the actual disappearance of the students after an attack by local police. Two of the detainees said they received a large group of people around Sept. 26, the date the students went missing, Murillo Karam said.
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Mass grave uncovered in Mexico
Students and relatives of missing students surround and deny access to a convoy of military vehicles as they block a main highway in the city of Chilpancingo, Mexico, Sunday Oct. 5, 2014. (AP / Felix Marquez)
Investigators were trying to confirm their statements. Mexico now has a total of 56 people in custody in the case.
The students from a rural teachers college disappeared after a confrontation with police in Iguala, a city about 130 kilometres southwest of Mexico City. Authorities say the attack was ordered by Jose Luis Abarca, the mayor of Iguala who is being sought by officials, along with his wife and the city's police chief.
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