The disappearance of 43 university students from the custody
of local police in Mexico and the allegations of federal corruption in the
awarding of public infrastructure contracts test the administration of Mexico
President Pena Nieto.
His political party, the Institutional Revolutionary, could get
sunk because of the crises. Pena has promised a massive reform for Mexico.
However, confidence in his administration had worsened
following the disappearance of the 43 detained students.
According to an official report from the Mexican Embassy in
Washington, the missing students were political activists where they forcefully
“borrowed” two private buses in Iguala in Guerrero to travel to Mexico City for
demonstrations. Police opened fire against the students and then were handed to
a local crime cartel, who confessed they killed the young protesters and burned
their bodies.
The governor of Guerrero had resigned and the Mayor of
Iguala, 36 municipal police officers and 35 other individuals are under arrest
post-investigation.
Despite the protest against Former Mayor of Mexico City
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who is trying to link the disappearance of the students
to force destabilisation of the Mexican government, people are focused on
resolving the issue rather than joining Lopez Obrador’s campaign.
It also shows that criminals have so much power in Mexico.
