The Iguala 43
The Truth and Challenge of Mexico's Disappeared Students
- Format: Pocket
- Antall sider: 176
- Språk: Engelsk
- Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
- Serienavn: Semiotext(e) / Intervention Series
- EAN: 9781584351979
- Utgivelsesår: 2017
- Bidragsyter: Gonzalez Rodriguez, Sergio
The word “corruption” is insufficient for the magnitude of this evil.
—from The Iguala 43
On the night of September 26th, 2014, policemen attacked a group of student protestors in the Mexican town of Iguala. Forty-three of these students were then kidnapped and turned over to criminals who allegedly tortured and murdered them, and then burned their corpses. The families of the victims refused to accept the official story, which placed all blame on local actors and absolved the federal government of any culpability. The anger provoked by this atrocity, one of the most barbaric acts in recent times, divided Mexican society in two: on one side were those who unwaveringly supported the cause of the students and on the other those who accepted the government''s “historic truth.”
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