A team of independent investigators to dispute government’s account and blame government for preventing them from verifying what happened.
In their final report on the disappearance and likely killing of 43 college students at the hands of Mexican security forces in league with criminal gangs, a team of independent investigators is expected to report Sunday that the government’s version of the event isn’t true but that they were unable to verify the fate of the youths, several people close to the investigation said.
“We aren’t going to resolve the big issue,” said one of the people close to the investigation on Friday. “We have not found the political conditions to keep working in Mexico.”
Several people close to the investigation said that the specialists sent by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights a year ago were frustrated at every turn by Mexican government agencies. The commission is the human-rights arm of the Organization of American States.
In a statement on Friday, the Mexican government defended its work with the investigators, saying that it “has shown at all times collaboration and disposition to work” with the experts, “giving its full support to uncover the truth on these tragic events.”
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