Overview

• Families and students marked the anniversary with a march from the Ángel de la Independencia to the Zócalo in Mexico City and campus forums in Tixtla.
• Masked individuals used a stolen truck to knock down a gate at Campo Militar No. 1 and set a vehicle on fire as thousands demonstrated on Paseo de la Reforma, according to local commentary.
• At a forum hosted by the Ayotzinapa normal school, Tlachinollan’s Abel Barrera urged sustained, rights-based pressure and praised the parents’ leadership in the search for truth.
• Opinion coverage reported that, following a recent judicial reform, former Iguala mayor José Luis Abarca was absolved in a case tied to the events, while the 43 students remain missing.
• Activists point to discoveries at sites like Rancho Izaguirre in Jalisco as evidence of criminal recruitment and possible extermination practices within a broader disappearance crisis.