Wednesday, September 14, 2016 Mexico puts federal police under spotlight over 43 student deathsAlfredo Higuera Bernal, new special prosecutor to the Ayotzinapa 43 missing students from the Raúl Isidro Burgos College, during an interview at the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) in Mexico City, last week. Much-criticized probe widened after pressure piled on Peña Nieto to actMEXICO CITY — Mexico has widened its investigation into the abduction and apparent massacre of 43 trainee teachers in the southwestern city of Iguala in 2014 to examine the role of federal and state police, a federal prosecutor said. The disappearance of the 43, on September 26, 2014, sparked international outcry, battering Mexico’s reputation and plunging President Enrique Peña Nieto’s administration into crisis. Alfredo Higuera, the special federal prosecutor assigned to the case, said in an interview that the probe had now gathered about 100 additional declarations in recent weeks from 19 federal police and 39 from the state of Guerrero. “This is an investigation that goes beyond any situation, both in the number of victims and the number of participants,” Higuera said.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald September 14, 2016 11:53 UTC