十年前失踪的43名学生案件再度取得进展。墨西哥当局逮捕了前格雷罗州州长Ángel Aguirre，指控其隐瞒这起重大失踪案的证据以掩盖学生的下落[1]。Aguirre在2011年至2014年10月期间担任州长，学生失踪事件发生在其离任一个月后[1]。
这起案件源于2014年学生在抗议途中劫持多辆巴士后失踪[1]。十多年的调查表明，伊瓜拉市的贩毒集团与地方、州和联邦当局以及军队勾结，发动了针对这些学生的袭击[1]。墨西哥前总统López Obrador（2018年至2024年任职）曾将此案称为"国家犯罪"[1]。
迄今为止，当局仅发现其中三名学生的骨骼碎片[1]。前联邦检察长Jesús Murillo Karam因强制失踪、妨碍司法和刑讯逼供等罪名面临指控[1]。十多年来，该案已历经三届政府、数十人被捕和多项调查，但仍有重大疑问待解[1]。
Mexican authorities have arrested former Guerrero state governor Ángel Aguirre on accusations of concealing evidence related to the 2014 disappearance of 43 students, a case that has remained unresolved for over a decade [1]. Aguirre, who served as governor from 2011 until October 2014—approximately one month after the students vanished—was charged with obstructing efforts to determine the whereabouts of the missing students [1]. The case has passed through three successive government administrations, resulted in dozens of arrests, and sparked multiple investigations, yet significant questions about what occurred remain unanswered [1].
The students disappeared after hijacking several buses while participating in a protest [1]. Authorities have concluded that a drug trafficking organization in Iguala coordinated with security personnel and local, state, and federal authorities, including military forces, to carry out the attack [1]. Only skeletal fragments from three of the 43 students have been recovered [1]. Former federal prosecutor Jesús Murillo Karam faces separate charges including forced disappearance, obstruction of justice, and torture [1]. Former Mexican President López Obrador, who served from 2018 to 2024, characterized the case as a "crime of the state" [1].