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There is a gathering today at 24th and Mission to remember the students who disappeared in Mexico. The New York Times wrote about the investigation into the events leading up the disappearance of the students from a teacher’s college in Ayotzinapa.

“They all felt confusion, terror and helplessness,” wrote the panel, five lawyers and human rights experts from around Latin America.

At one point, the police made a group of students who were hiding in the third bus disembark and lie on the ground. About 10:50 p.m., they were taken away in six or seven patrol cars. They are among the 43 students who disappeared.  READ MORE

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