Ayotzinapa: Nearly 12 Years Later, Former Governor Arrested on Concealment Charges
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
MEXICO CITY — Mexico's federal prosecutor announced on Thursday the arrest of former Guerrero Governor Ángel Aguirre for his alleged involvement in the disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Normal School nearly twelve years ago, on September 26, 2014. The charge is for 'concealment of evidence to determine the whereabouts of the students.' Ernestina Godoy, the Attorney General of the Republic, stated that two testimonies collected this year indicate that Aguirre not only requested officials to hand over videos from security cameras located at one of the attack sites that fateful night but also ordered the destruction of any evidence related to the events. Ángel Aguirre governed Guerrero from 2011 until his resignation in October 2014, one month after the attack. His arrest took place in the State of Mexico, the region surrounding the Mexican capital. He is the highest-ranking official arrested in this case after former federal prosecutor Jesús Murillo Karam, who is currently facing criminal charges for forced disappearance, obstruction of justice, and torture. The Attorney General said there is sufficient evidence to support that 'this instruction to conceal (evidence) was given directly by the then-governor, with the participation of high-level state public servants.' She added that 'far from being an isolated act or a technical omission, the concealment of the recordings was the result of a fraudulent and deliberately structured operation from the top of the State Executive Power.'
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