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Mexico’s attorney general may have considered the normalistas case closed, as he proclaimed last week, but it appears no one is listening.
The parents of two missing normalistas, boarded a flight from Mexico City, to Geneva, Switzerland, where they will participate in the investigation by the united nations into the forced disappearance of 43 students attacked and abducted on the night of September 26th, 2014.
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Hilda Legideño Vargas, mother of Jorge Antonio Tizapa Legideño, and Bernabé Abraham Gaspar, father of Adán Abrajan de la Cruz, are accompanied by Maria Aguilar, area coordinator of international Human Rights Center Tlachinollan, and Stephanie Erin Brewer, of the international Committee of Human Rights.
On February 2nd and 3rd the UN Committee will evaluate evidence of the case, and other cases of forced disappearances in Mexico. Also coming under scrutiny is the position and performance of Mexico, regarding disappearances that have occurred in the country.
The objective of the parents and human rights organizations is to ask for assistance in pressuring
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Mexico to continue to investigate, keeping the case open.
The parents, human rights groups and the majority of Mexican citizens have rejected the official version presented by the federal government. There is a deep seeded mistrust towards the government, by the parents group, and by citizens.
The outspoken group has been adamant from the beginning, firmly stating, they would not accept any conclusion, without supporting evidence.
The parents will be giving testimony to the United Nations.
Mexico’s attorney general may have considered the normalistas case closed, as he proclaimed last week, but it appears no one is listening.
The parents of two missing normalistas, boarded a flight from Mexico City, to Geneva, Switzerland, where they will participate in the investigation by the united nations into the forced disappearance of 43 students attacked and abducted on the night of September 26th, 2014.
On February 2nd and 3rd the UN Committee will evaluate evidence of the case, and other cases of forced disappearances in Mexico. Also coming under scrutiny is the position and performance of Mexico, regarding disappearances that have occurred in the country.
The objective of the parents and human rights organizations is to ask for assistance in pressuring
The parents, human rights groups and the majority of Mexican citizens have rejected the official version presented by the federal government. There is a deep seeded mistrust towards the government, by the parents group, and by citizens.
The outspoken group has been adamant from the beginning, firmly stating, they would not accept any conclusion, without supporting evidence.
“We want the U.N. and the world to know what is happening in Mexico, because the 43 is nothing, there are thousands of people that go missing each year in Mexico”, says Adán's father.Hilda says, "We will ask them to intercede for us and to require the Mexican government to tell us the truth.”
The parents will be giving testimony to the United Nations.