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Missing Mexico students: Second 'mass grave' probed Missing Mexico students: New 'mass grave' probed
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Mexican authorities searching for 43 students who disappeared after a protest last month are investigating a suspected mass grave. Mexican authorities searching for 43 students who disappeared after clashing with police last month are investigating a suspected mass grave.
Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam said the testimony of two arrested members of a drug gang had led them to the site, in southern Guerrero state. Mexico's attorney general said the testimony of two arrested members of a drug gang had led them to the site.
Reports claim that the students were handed to the gang by local police. He said police officers had confessed to handing the students over to the drugs gang in southern Guerrero state.
Earlier this month another mass grave was found, but the bodies unearthed did not belong to the students. The disappearance has shocked Mexico and has sparked nationwide demonstrations.
Dozens have been arrested and the state governor has resigned over the case. Earlier this month, another mass grave was found, but DNA tests suggest the bodies were not those of the students.
The mayor of the town of Iguala, where the abductions took place, his wife and the police chief are all being hunted by the authorities. So far, 56 people have been arrested in connection with the disappearance, among them police officers, local officials and alleged members of the drugs gang. The state governor has also resigned over the case.
They allegedly ordered the police to hand over the students to gangsters. Arrest warrants have been issued for the mayor of the town of Iguala, where the abductions took place, his wife and the police chief, all of whom are on the run from the authorities.
Eyewitnesses say they saw the students being bundled into police cars after the police shot at buses carrying the students, killing three of them. The mayor, Jose Luis Abarca, allegedly ordered police to intercept the students to prevent them from interrupting a speech his wife was giving in Iguala.
The latest grave site in the town of Cocula, about 17km (10 miles) from where the students last were seen. Eyewitnesses say they saw the students being bundled into police cars after the police shot at buses carrying the students, killing three of them and three other people in nearby vehicles.
Mr Murillo Karam said that two of the four suspects arrested on Monday may have provided some valuable information. The latest grave site is in the town of Cocula, about 17km (10 miles) from where the students last were seen.
Attorney general Jesus Murillo Karam said that two of the four suspects arrested on Monday may have provided some valuable information.
He said that they had admitted to "having received a large group of people" on the night of 26 September, when the 43 students were last seen.He said that they had admitted to "having received a large group of people" on the night of 26 September, when the 43 students were last seen.
"We have the people who carried out the abduction of these individuals," Mr Murillo Karam told reporters."We have the people who carried out the abduction of these individuals," Mr Murillo Karam told reporters.
He said the other two suspects detained on Monday apparently worked as lookouts for the gang. The suspects have not so far been identified.He said the other two suspects detained on Monday apparently worked as lookouts for the gang. The suspects have not so far been identified.
The four men arrested men are all believed to be members of the group behind the abductions, called Guerreros Unidos. The four men arrested are all believed to be members of the group behind the abductions, called Guerreros Unidos (United Warriors).
The disappearances shocked Mexico and sparked nationwide demonstrations.
One month on, frustration is growing with no word on the fate of the students.