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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Kylie Madry

Parents of missing Mexican students see ex-official's arrest as step toward justice

Relatives and demonstrators hold banners with images of the missing students from Ayotzinapa Teacher Training College, as they take part in a march to demand justice for their loved ones, in Mexico City, Mexico, August 26, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Romero

Drenched by heavy rain, parents of the 43 Mexican students who went missing in 2014 held a somber procession through the streets of Mexico City on Friday, as they've done every month since their sons disappeared; but this time was different.

The arrest of former federal Attorney General Jesus Murillo on the previous Friday provided a glimmer of hope that they could find some closure, and that whoever was responsible for one of Mexico's worst human rights atrocities could finally face justice.

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