Mexican probe into missing students beset by delays and failure, watchdog says

FILE PHOTO: Relatives of missing students hold posters with their images as they arrive for a mass to mark the disappearance of the 43 Ayotzinapa College Raul Isidro Burgos students in the state of Guerrero, at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Mexico December 26, 2022. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican authorities have failed to carry out all arrests ordered by prosecutors over the 2014 disappearance of 43 students and the military has denied access to important information, a rights group said on Friday, expressing concern over continued delays in the investigation.

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador took office in 2018 vowing to uncover the truth around the suspected abduction and massacre of the 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College, after his predecessor's inquiry was riddled with errors.