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Weekly Report - 23 October 2014 (WR-14-42)

MEXICO: Iguala crisis drags on, spreads

Despite the mounting domestic and international pressure, Mexico’s federal authorities do not appear to be any closer to finding the 43 trainee teachers that disappeared from the town of Iguala in the state of Guerrero on 26 September. But what the major federal investigation launched into the case has managed to do is expose the extent of the political and public security deficiencies that allowed such a crime to be committed and for the perpetrators to remain at large. Problematically, the findings suggest that these issues are not just confined to Iguala and surrounding areas in Guerrero but also municipalities in other states.

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