Iguala Mass Kidnapping Research Paper

A consequence of this massacre is the enhanced mistrust of the police force in the favelas. This is because the people of the favela are afraid that the police could come into their homes at anytime and shot everyone, or that the police could do anything they want without repercussions for it, while the favela residents could not do anything unless they wanted to get

All they wanted was an answer to one question “Where were their children? Their sons and daughters were “missing” and all they were told was” We don’t have any answers! The citizens were afraid, even high authorities of religious groups turned a blind eye. In 1977, with Argentina under a violent military dictatorship, a group of mostly house wives living in a fear oppressed state made a stand and found their voice. They demanded to be heard and while the regime was enforcing their control and power over Argentinians political views through torture and disappearance; a mother’s devotion to her child and the political resistance transformed these mothers into a political force. They are the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, who effectively mounted a civil rights movement that forced the top military officials to be charged for their crimes and have sustained an

From 1976 to 1983, a military group was in charge of Argentina after overthrowing the government in the 1930s (Tolerance. N.a. N.d). The military silenced the people who opposed or spoke out against them. The people who actually spoke out suddenly disappeared. These people were either imprisoned, tortured, killed, and never seen again. The most common person disappeared were children who opposed the military. Lawyers, and people who questioned the military (Tolerance. N.a. N.d). In Buenos Aires, Argentina during the 1970s, a group of women gathered in the Plaza de Mayo, in front of the president's palace and government buildings, to speak out about their missing children. The “Mothers of the Disappeared” formed the first public protest against

That tragic event put an enormous amount of responsibility on the school, the teachers and the principle. They were trying to help the students to call ICE and ask if their parents are released. Unfortunately, some parents were deported to their home country and others were released with GPS attached to them. It was a humiliating experience for the families.

An author, Francisco E. Gonzalez, discussed one incident that took place, “A grenade attack on September 15, 2008, left eight dead and more than one hundred injured on the central square in Morelia (the capital of the state of Michoacán), on a night Mexicans were celebrating the 198th anniversary of their country’s independence.” (Gonzalez 72). This incident shows that safety is never guaranteed with the cartel’s violent and erratic behavior.

At seven o’ clock in the morning on December 11, 1981 an evil force entered the small El Salvadorian village of El Mezote (School of Assasins). With painted faces and army fatigues, the guerillas carried machine guns and automatic rifles into the peaceful village. As survivor Rufina Amaya recounts, “At ten o’clock the soldiers began to kill the men who were in the church. First, they machine-gunned them and slit their throats” (“Country Sheets for Close it Down Fast!” 3). After the men, the women were placed face down in the dusty streets and shot to

Mexico prison riot leaves 49 dead. The fight started around midnight and lasted about 30-40 minutes. The fight was between two rival groups and was fought using sharp weapons, bats, and sticks. Also, there was a fire that was started in a storage room. One side of the fight was led by a member of the notorious Zetas drug cartel, Juan Pedro Zaldivar Farias. The other side of the fight was led by Jorge Ivan Hernandez Cantu. All the people that were killed were male prisoners and five that were injured were in critical condition. So far, fourty of the fourty-nine prisoners have been identified. Demanding information, a crowd of the prisoner’s relatives outside the jail blocked roads, threw sticks and rocks, and tried to open the main prison gate,

In Guerrero, Mexico 2014, many children who go to school were hijacked in their busses and attacked. In one senario, the bus was hijacked by the students’ own police and were taken away and were never seen again. People had also been found dead showing signs of torture and punishment. In the novel, the main character tells a story of one survivor of people who had been kidnapped. She showed fear for he friend and how it affected the lives of the people around her. People in the novel and in Guerrero dug holes to

First let's start off with with what the Keeper’s are for those who don’t know. The Keepers are people who are like a Border Patrol. They watch the border and any kids that come over with no parents they take in. Now I know they sound like the good guys, but they're not. These people who take them in put them to work, they have to work for there food. They sometimes are even torchured by the Keepers. The kids they brought in were somewhat like orphans. Ton Ton was one of those kids. Ton Ton was beaten and brought to the infirmary. Ton Ton said that he was the one who told the story of what happened to them. He was not the smartest kid, but he smart enough to figure out what was going on and what was happening.

During this week, a prison riot broke out in Mexico, leaving at least 49 inmates dead. Well 52 actually, but only 49 bodies have been found. Apparently the riot started as the outcome of a fight between two gangs. Video footage of the riot has been taken, as residents around the prison did so. Within the footage, a prison warehouse being set on fire by the inmates can be seen. It was a terrible riot, but with only 100 guards to cover the huge population of prisoners they have, it’s hard to keep such things like these under control. Apparently the riot had also broken out as a possible escape attempt, though reports say none of the prisoners were able to break out. On top of that, both gang leaders have been removed

This election resulted in a loss for the PRI. The National Action Party won this election. While the party did not hold the same liberal views as the Democratic Revolutionary Party, it did present an opportunity for a new government. President Vicente Fox created a new office to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the murders of innocent political/ social activists. This act was promising to the citizens who long awaited the conviction of those responsible for the murder of innocent citizens. In _________, Álvarez, Felix Hernández Gamundi and Jesus Martin del Campo filed a legal case against Echevarria over the Tlatelolco massacre, the killings of other students in a street protest in 1971, and the “dirty war” in which the Mexican government targeted leftists for assassination through the rest of the 1970s. Formal charges were finally made against Luis Echevarria Alvarez and Luis Gutierrez Oropeza for the Tlatelolco murders, and Mario Moya Palencia and Alfonso Martinez Dominguez, among others, for the 1971 attacks. In the end, however, these former officials were able to avoid trial after invoking legal technicalities challenging the ability of prosecutors to indict them. In reality, the political system itself was reluctant to unearth a network of responsibility that would have spread to include many others, and it became clear that the new political party, PAN, was in fact not very different from the

My research is important because protesting is a form of resisting an oppressor. I think it is a way to tell the oppressor that they can go against them. I care about my research because it is quite sad that I have not heard the government or any authority helping the families or at least stop the corruption. Anyways the disappearance of the students, they do not deserve it because all they wanted to do is to be educated. I do not know if any family member was

During the riot, the first fire started at a shoe store on 12th. Officers were starting to line up with shields standing next to each other to block the rioting from spreading any further. There were authorities having a meeting to try and stop the riot. They were trying to make peace patrols but the police officers were blocking them from entering the area of the riot. The police officers were still trying to take control of the situation but their officers were being injured and the rioters started to outnumber them by a lot. As the police officers were giving up the firefighters were putting out fires. There were new fires starting as fast as they were being put out.

“The talk of today has been the kidnapping of 43 students in Ayotzinapa, Iguala. There has been no new information but sources say that the government may have been involved in this violent attack. There have been riots everywhere and there has been little done to prevent or control them. So far from this assault there have been 6 dead, 25 injured, and 43 allegedly kidnapped from the Rural School of Ayotzinapa” the reporter kept on talking but all I saw on

On September 11, 2004, Rodolfo, his wife, and two young children were visiting a Culiacán shopping mall. While leaving the mall, escorted by police commander Pedro Pérez Lopez, the family was ambushed by members of Los Negros, assassins for the Sinaloa Cartel. Rodolfo and his wife were killed, the policeman survived.[2]