Over a month after their disappearance, authorities confirmed Monday that Salomon Aceves Gastelum, 25, Daniel Diaz, 20, and Marco Avalos, 20, were kidnapped, tortured and killed by drug cartel members. Many of the demonstrators also rejected the official version of events surrounding the students’ deaths. Mexican students take part in a massive protest against violence in Mexico and the murder of three film students who were kidnapped, tortured and murdered in western Jalisco State last month, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, on April 26, 2018. AFP PhotoMeanwhile, there was horror following the confession of a YouTube star and rapper – Christian Omar Palma Gutierrez, also known as “QBA” – that he dissolved the students’ bodies in acid. Along with the students, who came from five local universities, teachers and relatives also marched shouting slogans and singing songs calling for peace.

Source: New Strait Times April 27, 2018 04:17 UTC