Dallas Protesters Put Pressure On Mexico Over Missing Students
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - North Texans frustrated over missing Mexican students call for justice.
Protesters in Dallas hope their voices would be heard Wednesday with those in Mexico and pressure the government to investigate the disappearance of 43 students.
Elizabeth Garcia is one of the protested angered by what is going on in Mexico. She brought her daughters to the protest.
"I feel sad," said Garcia. She said she can't live in a cave thinking everything is perfect.
During a riot this week in Mexico City a mob set fire to part of presidential palace.
The uproar began after the government charged the Mayor of Iguala with kidnapping.
Investigators believe he had the 43 college students arrested, then handed them over to gang members, who murdered them, then set the corpse on fire.
Dallas activist Victor Quezada said the tragedy has tapped built up frustration over the corruption in Mexican authorities.
"They were so young and they died innocently. Nobody knows what happened to them," said Quezada.
"It hasn't been just 43 people that lost their lives. It's been thousands of lives have gone without justice. We feel it and it's time for the Mexican authorities to take action."
It still is unclear why these students would have been murdered, but the hope is international pressure will get the government to aggressively investigate and prosecute those responsible.
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