Jose Luis Abarca

The World

Protests over Mexico’s missing students are also about much bigger issues

Global Politics

It’s been two months since 43 students went missing in Mexico, and demonstrators are still in the streets demanding accountability. But the protesters are also angry over Mexico’s “national chaos,” and are demonstrating for both answers and change.

Fugitive former mayor Jose Luis Abarca was captured by Mexican police after being on the run since the end of September. Police believe Abarca and his wife were the masterminds behind the abduction of 43 student teachers feared dead.

Mexican police capture a former mayor and key suspect in a massacre

Justice