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Mexico A.G.: Bodies from Iguala graves are not missing students Posted: 14 Oct 2014 07:25 PM PDT Chivis Martinez for Borderland Beat  As I reported over the weekend, Guerrero's governor Aguirre began making statements that some of the tested remains, presumably those of missing normalistas, were not matching relatives. Aguirre went so far as to state, "I think some of the students may be alive." This was several days before the "DNA testing" results were in. Today the Attorney General of the Republic, Jesús Murillo Karam, said 28 bodies exhumed from initial mass graves in Iguala, Guerrero, are not the missing normalistas, this was determined by DNA tests. "I can say that we already have results from the first graves found, I can tell you that they do not match the DNA of the families of these young people.." The AG did not say which agency conducted the testing, or if federal testing was in tandem with the state. This usually occurs in controversial cases. The remains of kidnapped and murdered American, Harry Devert were tested both by Guerrero and federal agencies. Also not addressed was the fact that, supposedly, it was detainees that gave information of the locale where the missing normalistas were buried.  |
Guerreros Unidos Leader Commits Suicide in Clash Avoiding Arrest in Normalistas Case Posted: 14 Oct 2014 05:17 PM PDT  Juitepec, Morelos: Benjamin Mondragón Peredo , 'El Benjamon' leader of Guerreros Unidos who died this morning during a confrontation with the federal police, actually committed suicide with a self inflicted bullet to the head, in a final act to avoid arrest. . The leader was a suspect in the missing normalistas case, detainees had given testimony that El Benjamon ordered the students kidnapped and killed. The detainees also said the location of the students was given by Public Safety Director of Iguala, Francisco Salgado Valladaresto to Mondragon. Junitepec is adjacent to the city of Cuernavaca in the state of Morelos. Morelos is a state neighboring Guerrero. |
