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Five years after 43 students disappeared in Mexico, their case remains a grim, unsolved mystery

Five years on, relatives of the 43 missing students in Mexico continue to press for answers, and justice in the case, but to no avail. 

A poppy farmer stands in front of a poppy plant and talks with a mic in his hand.

Could decriminalization of Mexico’s poppy farms reduce drug-cartel violence?

Conflict & Justice
Mother of one of the 43 missing Mexican students asks for justice

Human rights officials cast doubts on Mexican government’s claims regarding the 43 missing students

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Despite deaths and drugs, asylum in the US remains a dream for most Mexicans

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A protester in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, with the number 43 painted on her back, takes part in a demonstration in support of 43 missing students on the six-month anniversary of their disappearance on March 26, 2015.

In Mexico, ‘anyone can get away with murder’

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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

Mexican police have captured and arrested a former mayor and his wife for their alleged role in the disappearance of 43 students. Jose Luís Abarca and his wife are accused of ordering police to abduct the students after they had participated in anti-government protests in late September.

People carry photographs of missing students during a march in Acapulco on October 17, 2014. On September 26, police allegedly linked to a criminal gang shot dead at least three students and abducted dozens of others during clashes in the southwestern cit

‘If they are going to kill us, let them kill us for a just cause,’ say Mexican citizens

Conflict

Iguala, Mexico is a place that’s hostile to outsiders and heavily controlled by drug cartels. That makes it an extremely difficult — and dangerous — place to look for the 43 missing students who were allegedly abducted by the local police force.

Should Mexicans in Acapulco stay and fight climate change or give in and leave?

Environment

Six months after Tropical Storm Manuel devastated Acapulco, the resort’s tourist areas are back to normal. But it’s a different story behind the scenes: local residents say the government prefers to move them than build new climate defenses.Six months after Tropical Storm Manuel devastated Acapulco, the resort’s tourist areas are back to normal. But it’s a different story behind the scenes: local residents say the government prefers to move them than build new climate defenses.

Deadly storms and delayed response ravage indigenous Mexican communities

Two storms battered the poor southern Mexican state of Guerrero last month. And then the communities were left to fend for themselves for days, according to a Mexican human rights organization.