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Wednesday 25 april 2018

3 murdered Mexican film students caught in gang turf battle

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Three ing them to kill the other One gang leader had al-
vanished film students two, officials said. They ready been arrested at the
whose case had become then took them to another aunt’s house in 2015 and
emblematic of Mexico’s house, where prosecutors police had received re-
30,000 missing people were found jugs and tubs of sul- ports of armed men hang-
killed after being caught furic acid. ing out at the property in
unaware in the midst of a Traces of blood and the 2017.
drug gang turf battle, offi- DNA of two of the students “The effects of crime and
cials say. were found at the houses. violence against any per-
Prosecutors in the western Two suspects have been son is bad enough, but it is
state of Jalisco said late arrested and several others worse when it is a case of
Monday the three were are being sought. Officials young people who have
abducted by the Jalisco close to the investigation a future, who are study-
New Generation Cartel said one of the suspects ing, who are working for
because they were filming arrested is a local rapper Mexico,” said Luis Gonza-
a school project at a house A student holds up a sign to protest the murder of three film who has some following on lez Perez, president of the
used by the rival Nueva students who have become emblematic of Mexico’s missing, in social media. country’s National Human
Plaza gang. The students Mexico City, Tuesday, April 24, 2018. Investigators also found Rights Commission.
were using the residence Associated Press fake detectives’ creden- Condolences for the vic-
on the outskirts of the city house mistook the students took the students to a safe tials at the houses, and tims’ families also came
of Guadalajara because for rival gang members and house and interrogated prosecutors said the killers in from the country’s film
it belonged to one of their abducted them on a road them. apparently posed as de- institute and candidates
aunts. after they left the house. The gang beat one student tectives when they pulled in the July 1 presidential
“Without knowing it, the Prosecutors said the gang so badly he died, lead- the students over. elections.q
students were in a very
dangerous place which Nicaragua releases some student protesters to lower tensions
was being watched by hit
men from the New Gener- MANAGUA, Nicaragua diator and witness” in a na-
ation cartel,” the prosecu- (AP) — Authorities released tional dialogue.
tor’s office said. The aunt some student protesters ar- Brenes called on the gov-
was implicated in a human rested during anti-govern- ernment and members of
trafficking case involving ment demonstrations over civil society to avoid any
prostitution at massage the past week and the violence and damage to
parlors in the city of Gua- Roman Catholic Church public or private property
dalajara. agreed Tuesday to act as a to set the right atmosphere
The students’ fate horrified mediator as President Dan- for productive dialogue.
Mexico: Prosecutors said iel Ortega sought to lower Miguel Mora, director of
they were killed and their tensions in Nicaragua. the outlet, said, “This is the
bodies dissolved in acid. With freshly shaved heads triumph of the people and
“Words can’t describe the and some bearing bruises the banishment of censor-
dimension of this mad- they said were inflicted by ship.”
ness,” Oscar-winning Mexi- police during their captiv- The White House released
can director Guillermo ity, students were dropped a statement condemning
del Toro wrote on Twitter. along a highway on the “the violence and repres-
“Three students are killed outskirts of the capital. sion propagated by the
and dissolved in acid. The The police said in a state- government of Nicaragua A man walks past graffiti that reads in Spanish “Corrupt police.
Murderers-Thieves,” In Managua, Nicaragua, Tuesday, April 24,
‘why’ is unthinkable, the ment that students were and any closing of media.” 2018.
‘how’ is terrifying.” handed over to their fami- It called for dialogue and Associated Press
The killing appeared to be lies and religious commit- democratic reforms. and reduced pensions. Human rights groups say
a case of mistaken identity. tees. On Sunday, Ortega The changes had triggered at least 30 people were
Prosecutors said the New Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes backed off a social security protests that soon spread killed in the violence and
Generation cartel lookouts said Tuesday that the overhaul that would have beyond the social security some 150 protesters were
who were watching the church would act as “me- increased contributions system. arrested.q