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| MEXICO CITY — The mystery of the whereabouts of 43 college students reported missing after an outbreak of violence in southern Mexico deepened Tuesday after the authorities reported that initial testing had shown that none of the students were among the 28 bodies found in mass graves. | |
| At the same time, the authorities said they were checking newly found graves to see if the undetermined number of remains found were those of the students. | At the same time, the authorities said they were checking newly found graves to see if the undetermined number of remains found were those of the students. |
| The students were reported missing on Sept. 26 after gunfire by the police and masked gunmen left six people dead and several wounded in the city of Iguala in Guerrero State. Three students, part of a large group stealing buses to take them to an Oct. 2 demonstration protesting cuts to their state-financed teachers college, were killed. | The students were reported missing on Sept. 26 after gunfire by the police and masked gunmen left six people dead and several wounded in the city of Iguala in Guerrero State. Three students, part of a large group stealing buses to take them to an Oct. 2 demonstration protesting cuts to their state-financed teachers college, were killed. |
| The federal attorney general, Jesús Murillo Karam, revealed the findings on the first mass graves as he reported additional arrests in the case, including 14 police officers in Cocula, a small town to the southwest of Iguala. The authorities had already detained 22 police officers in Iguala and essentially dismissed the force after learning they were working for or were members of a local organized crime gang, Guerreros Unidos, and may have turned over some of the students to the gang. | The federal attorney general, Jesús Murillo Karam, revealed the findings on the first mass graves as he reported additional arrests in the case, including 14 police officers in Cocula, a small town to the southwest of Iguala. The authorities had already detained 22 police officers in Iguala and essentially dismissed the force after learning they were working for or were members of a local organized crime gang, Guerreros Unidos, and may have turned over some of the students to the gang. |
| The first graves were discovered after men in custody told investigators that 17 of the students had been taken to the hillside, killed and buried. But Mr. Murillo Karam said DNA analysis had shown that none of the remains matched any of the students. | |
| Mr. Murillo Karam spoke hours after Benjamín Mondragón, believed to be a leader of the Guerreros Unidos gang, killed himself as the federal police were about to arrest him. | Mr. Murillo Karam spoke hours after Benjamín Mondragón, believed to be a leader of the Guerreros Unidos gang, killed himself as the federal police were about to arrest him. |
| Mr. Mondragón shot himself in the head as federal officers closed in on his vehicle in Morelos State, just north of Guerrero, according to the authorities. | |
| It was unclear if Mr. Mondragón had played a role in the disappearances or the shootings. But the gang has infiltrated local police forces and apparently corrupted the political class as well. | It was unclear if Mr. Mondragón had played a role in the disappearances or the shootings. But the gang has infiltrated local police forces and apparently corrupted the political class as well. |