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Relatives pose with images of some of the 43 missing Ayotzinapa College Raul Isidro Burgos students in Mexico City.

The UN has accused Mexico of torture, cover-up in the case of 43 missing students

Justice

The UN human rights office said on Thursday that Mexican authorities had tortured dozens of people in connection with an investigation into the 2014 disappearance of 43 students and called for any evidence obtained under torture to be excluded or invalidated.

Portraits of Mexico's 34 missing

Here’s why Mexico distrusts authorities to find 43 missing students

Agence France-Presse
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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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’

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

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