Former Guerrero state governor Ángel Aguirre has been formally charged with forced disappearance and obstruction of justice over the 2014 disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa teacher training college, in a case long seen as emblematic of cartel violence and government impunity in Mexico. Prosecutors allege Aguirre ordered the destruction of surveillance footage that could have clarified what happened the night the students were abducted.
A judge ruled there was sufficient evidence to hold Aguirre in a maximum-security prison pending trial; his lawyer denies wrongdoing and says evidence shows a high-level meeting occurred when the tapes were allegedly handed over. The students were attacked in Iguala by a local gang working with municipal police, and investigations have since implicated federal police and military in either direct involvement or failure to intervene.
Aguirre's indictment is the most significant development in the case since the 2022 arrest of former attorney general Jesús Murillo Karam. Only three of the 43 students' remains have been identified to date, and President Claudia Sheinbaum has said she will commit full effort to uncovering the truth.
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