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Ayotzinapa Protests Escalate in Guerrero as Sheinbaum Signals Possible New Arrests

Officials are pursuing phone-record analysis to support potential arrests.

Overview

  • Ayotzinapa students and FECSM members threw firecrackers at the Army’s 27th Infantry Battalion in Iguala during actions tied to the 11th anniversary.
  • President Claudia Sheinbaum said the investigation remains active and expects the specialized unit to carry out additional detentions from new lines of inquiry.
  • Sheinbaum stated that UELICA chief Mauricio Pazarán is working with the Security and Civilian Protection Secretariat to review phone records from before and after the attacks.
  • Parents set out five demands that include delivery of 800 Army files, clarification of 17 students reportedly taken to the Iguala jail, verification of cellphone activity, extraditions of Tomás Zerón and José Ulises Bernabé, and probes of ex-governor Ángel Aguirre and ex-prosecutor Iñaki Blanco.
  • The Truth Commission has alleged that retired Gen. José Rodríguez Pérez ordered the killing of at least six students and that personnel from the 27th Battalion knew of and participated in the events.