Experts say Mexico hampered probe into apparent student massacre


  • World
  • Monday, 25 Apr 2016

Angela Buitrago, member of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), gestures during an interview about the delivery of their final report of the 43 missing students from the Ayotzinapa teacher's training college by IACHR in Mexico City, Mexico, April 24, 2016. REUTERS/Ginnette Riquelme

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A panel of international experts on Sunday accused Mexico's government of undermining their probe into the fate of 43 trainee teachers apparently massacred in 2014, the most notorious human rights case in Mexico in recent years.

The independent panel said the government's stonewalling stopped them from reaching the truth as they wrap up their work and prepare to leave Mexico.

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