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| Fugitive Mexican Mayor and Wife Are Detained in Case of Missing Students | Fugitive Mexican Mayor and Wife Are Detained in Case of Missing Students |
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| MEXICO CITY — The fugitive mayor of the Mexican town where 43 college students were apparently abducted in September after he reportedly ordered the police to attack them has been detained along with his wife, a federal official said on Tuesday. | MEXICO CITY — The fugitive mayor of the Mexican town where 43 college students were apparently abducted in September after he reportedly ordered the police to attack them has been detained along with his wife, a federal official said on Tuesday. |
| José Ramón Salinas, a spokesman for the federal police, said on Twitter that Mayor José Luis Abarca of Iguala and his wife, María de los Ángeles Pineda Villa, were arrested in Mexico City, 120 miles north of Iguala, but gave no other details. | José Ramón Salinas, a spokesman for the federal police, said on Twitter that Mayor José Luis Abarca of Iguala and his wife, María de los Ángeles Pineda Villa, were arrested in Mexico City, 120 miles north of Iguala, but gave no other details. |
| Their detention could provide a pivotal break in a case that has frustrated the authorities since Sept. 26, when an outbreak of violence in Iguala left six people dead, including three students. The students, who were part of a large group from a left-wing teachers’ college with a history of provocative protest, were soliciting donations and stealing buses for transportation to a coming demonstration. | Their detention could provide a pivotal break in a case that has frustrated the authorities since Sept. 26, when an outbreak of violence in Iguala left six people dead, including three students. The students, who were part of a large group from a left-wing teachers’ college with a history of provocative protest, were soliciting donations and stealing buses for transportation to a coming demonstration. |
| Mr. Abarca and his wife were believed to have close ties to a drug gang, Guerreros Unidos, which had been linked to corruption in the Iguala police force, and to several other gangs in Guerrero State. | |
| Mr. Abarca ordered the police to “teach them a lesson,” Mexican news reports said, citing documents in the investigation. The move was said to be out of concern that the students would disrupt a speech his wife, who had political aspirations, was giving in the central plaza. | Mr. Abarca ordered the police to “teach them a lesson,” Mexican news reports said, citing documents in the investigation. The move was said to be out of concern that the students would disrupt a speech his wife, who had political aspirations, was giving in the central plaza. |
| Six people were killed when the police opened fire. Witnesses reported that several students were put in police vehicles and driven away. The authorities have said they believe that the students were eventually turned over to the drug gang. Altogether, 43 are unaccounted for. | Six people were killed when the police opened fire. Witnesses reported that several students were put in police vehicles and driven away. The authorities have said they believe that the students were eventually turned over to the drug gang. Altogether, 43 are unaccounted for. |
| President Enrique Peña Nieto has said that solving the case is his top priority. The authorities have made several arrests, including of large numbers of police officers, and have uncovered several mass graves containing 38 bodies in and around Iguala. Initial tests, however, showed that the bodies were not those of the students. Relatives, who recently met with Mr. Peña Nieto, and their supporters have grown angry over the lack of progress. | President Enrique Peña Nieto has said that solving the case is his top priority. The authorities have made several arrests, including of large numbers of police officers, and have uncovered several mass graves containing 38 bodies in and around Iguala. Initial tests, however, showed that the bodies were not those of the students. Relatives, who recently met with Mr. Peña Nieto, and their supporters have grown angry over the lack of progress. |