MEXICO MISSING CASE: STUDENTS GO ON STRIKE IN SOLIDARITY (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Wednesday, November 05, 2014, 16:06

Students have been demanding that the search for the missing 43 be stepped up

University students in Mexico are starting a 72-hour nationwide strike in support of 43 trainee teachers who disappeared in the south-western state of Guerrero more than five weeks ago.

The students are also planning a protest march in the capital, Mexico City, on Wednesday.

The 43 disappeared after clashing with police in the town of Iguala.

The fugitive mayor of Iguala was detained on Tuesday for allegedly giving the order to intercept them.

Jose Luis Abarca and his wife, Maria de los Angeles Pineda, were detained without a shot being fired in a modest house in a working-class neighbourhood of Mexico City.

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