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Ayotzinapa case: Mexico announces new investigation report amid family denials

Mexico's Ministry of the Interior has announced that a new, comprehensive report regarding the disappearance of the 43 Ayotzinapa students will be released shortly. Interior Secretary Rosa Icela Rodríguez stated that the government is utilizing new technological tools and field methodologies in coordination with the Attorney General's Office (FGR) to pursue new lines of investigation. These efforts have reportedly already led to the detention and legal processing of individuals who were not previously under investigation.

However, the families of the missing students have issued a formal rebuttal to recent media reports claiming the discovery of 20 bags containing human remains in the Cocula landfill and the San Joaquín River. The parents and mothers of the 43 described such information as 'false and imprecise,' asserting that they have received no official notification regarding these alleged findings. They accused certain reports of mixing outdated information from 2014 with current events to cause confusion and emotional distress.

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Ayotzinapa · Ayotzinapa Parents and Mothers Collective · Claudia Sheinbaum · Fiscalía General de la República · Guerrero · Iguala · La Jornada · Rosa Icela Rodríguez · Secretaría de Gobernación

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