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By Staff Writers, Telesur
Telesur
Friday, Nov 28, 2014
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| A mother of the victims revealed that 31 teenagers were abducted by masked men. (Image taken from France 24) |
Governor Rogelio Ortega accused the local government of knowing about the case but not denouncing it.
The acting governor of the Mexican state of Guerrero, Rogelio Ortega, confirmed on Thursday that 31 teenagers were abducted in Cocula municipality, the same place where the missing 43 students were also kidnapped and possibly killed.
However, despite what French TV channel France 24 reported on Wednesday, Ortega said that the abduction happened on July 2-3, 2013, and not in July 17, 2014.
“The information on this abduction is available on the Guerrero state government website… it was reported there despite nobody denouncing the crime,” said Ortega after attending the security announcement by President Enrique Peña Nieto.
“There is no further information on the case”, added Ortega.
France 24 interviewed several Cocula residents who talked about the abduction. All of them refused to reveal their identities because they said they feared for their lives.
“On July 17, a bunch of gunmen arrived and took my daughter and other children as they were leaving school … Nobody moved because everybody was afraid of the gunmen, who threatened everybody,” a woman told France 24.
The source said the gunmen wore blue navy uniforms and moved in patrol cars.
Cocula and Iguala agents, along with members of the local gang known as ‘Guerreros Unidos,’ have been implicated in the disappearance of the 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Teacher Training College.
On the night of September 26, Iguala police shot at several buses taken by the Ayotzinapa students, killing three of them and another three civilians. According to authorities, the police then “arrested” 43 students and handed them over to the ‘Guerreros Unidos.’
That gang, according to the Mexican attorney general, is controlled by the former mayor of Iguala and his wife, who were recently captured by the police. They are accused of being the masterminds behind the violent incidents of September 26.
Rogelio Ortega was appointed as acting governor of Guerrero after Angel Aguirre stepped down due to the crisis unleashed by the disappearance of the 43 students.
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