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September 28, 2015

Mexico: Thousands March to Mark 1 Year After 43 Students Disappeared 
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And in Mexico, tens of thousands of people marched Saturday to mark the
first anniversary of the disappearance of the 43 students from the
Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College in the southern state of Guerrero.
The students disappeared after coming under attack by local police in
Iguala. The case has sparked massive protests in Mexico and across the
world as the parents continue to demand answers. An international group
of experts has rejected the Mexican government's accounts of events,
saying the investigation was deeply flawed and pointing to the role the
federal police and military played in the students' disappearance. On
Saturday, the mother of student Julio César Ramírez Nava, who was
found dead with his face ripped off after last year's attack in Iguala,
spoke out.

Bertha Nava Martínez: "For me, it was the most valuable thing in life,
my son, but they took him away from me. Here I am, and I am going to
fight until I breathe my last breath. I have said this to that corrupt
president, that we are not going to stop, and I especially am going to
stop him. Every day I am going to keep searching for these 43 boys,
because in this moment no one knew that they were going to sacrifice
three boys leaving, two gravely injured and 50 other people injured. No
one knew that they were going to take away 43, but they took them. These
deaths will not be in vain, people. If it is necessary to give up my
life, here I am giving it up, and I will continue to give it up."

Bertha Nava Martínez's son, Julio César Ramírez Nava, is not one of
the 43 students who are still missing.

 

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