A massacre in Mexico : the true story behind the missing forty-three students
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London ; Verso, 2018.
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Central - Adult Nonfiction
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Published
London ; Verso, 2018.
Format
Book
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404 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Language
English

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Includes index.
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"The definitive account of the mass disappearance of 43 Mexican students and the government that tried to cover it up On September 26, 2014, 43 male students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College went missing in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico. According to official reports, the students commandeered several buses to travel to Mexico City to commemorate the anniversary of the 1968 Tlatelolco Massacre. During the journey, local police intercepted the students and a confrontation ensued. By the morning, they had disappeared without a trace. Hernández reconstructs almost minute-by-minute the events of those nights in late September 2014, giving us what is surely the most complete picture available: her sources are unparalleled, since she has secured access to internal government documents that have not been made public, and to video surveillance footage the government has tried to hide and destroy. Hernández demolishes the Mexican state's official version, which the Peña Nieto government cynically dubbed the "historic truth." State officials at all levels, from police and prosecutors to the upper echelons of the PRI administration, conspired to put together a fake case, concealing or manipulating evidence, and arresting and torturing dozens of "suspects" who then obliged with full "confessions" that matched the official lie. In the wake of the students' disappearances, protestors in Mexico took up the slogan "Fue el estado"-"It was the state." Hernández's book is the one that gives most precision and credibility to the claim: by following the role of the various Mexican state agencies through the events in such remarkable detail, she allows to see exactly which parts of the state are responsible for which component of this monumental crime"--,Provided by publisher.
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Examines the disappearance and presumed murder of forty-three students in Iguala, Mexico, in 2014.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Hernández, A., & Washington, J. (. (2018). A massacre in Mexico: the true story behind the missing forty-three students . Verso.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hernández, Anabel and John (Translator) Washington. 2018. A Massacre in Mexico: The True Story Behind the Missing Forty-three Students. Verso.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hernández, Anabel and John (Translator) Washington. A Massacre in Mexico: The True Story Behind the Missing Forty-three Students Verso, 2018.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Hernández, Anabel,, and John (Translator) Washington. A Massacre in Mexico: The True Story Behind the Missing Forty-three Students Verso, 2018.

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