On September 26, 2014, forty-three male students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College disappeared after being forcibly abducted in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico, in what has been called one of Mexic
Poster issued by the government of Guerrero
"They took them alive. We want them back alive. Solidarity with the 43 disappeared students," the graffiti, written in Uruguay, reads.
Protesters outside the Attorney General's office in Mexico City demanding the safe return of the students, November 2014.
Demonstration on September 26, 2015, on the first anniversary of the mass kidnapping.
Corruption in Mexico has permeated several segments of society—political, economic, and social—and has greatly affected the country's legitimacy, transparency, accountability, and effectiveness. Many
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