Mexico's Army is Obstructing Investigation into Disappeared Students

On September 26, thousands of people will protest in cities across Mexico to demand justice for one of the country’s most infamous unresolved atrocities—the 2014 kidnapping and enforced disappearance of 43 student teachers in Iguala, Guerrero.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador promised when he was elected in 2018  to determine the truthabout what happened to the students. Instead, he has allowed the investigation to stall, apparently to protect his allies in the military. His actions are not just a betrayal of his promise. They are a symbol of the president’s inability—or, more likely, unwillingness—to unravel the complex web of cartel violence, government and military corruption, and impunity that has plagued Mexico for decades.