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The Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI) of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) for the case of the 43 Disappeared Mexican students from Ayotzinapa pointed out inconsistencies in the latest government report on the crime.
After an expert opinion, the GIEI determined that “it is not possible to guarantee the originality of the messages” of those presumed to be involved in the disappearance of 43 students in September 2014 presented in screenshots in the Government report.
The Truth and Access to Justice Commission in the Case Ayotzinapa presented its last report last August in which, in addition to recognize that it was a “state crime” with officials involved at all levels , they shared more than 181 pa captures Screen of WhatsApp conversations, of which “at least 181” present inconsistencies, according to the GIEI .
In a conference, they said that in the first place “ it is not possible to guarantee the originality of the messages since it cannot be determined by studying the metadata of the files, its authenticity and it is also not possible to verify the type of device where the copy of the screenshot (capture) is configured”.
Likewise, indicated that although visually the version of the application is the one used between 2012 and 2015, at that time there was no video call option, but the icon does appear. Likewise, there was also no possibility of the double blue verification (confirmation of message sent and received), but it does appear in the image. On the other hand, there are captures that were generated prior to the date on which the messages were sent.
“The analyzed messages cannot be considered as digital evidence”, detailed Francisco Cox Vial, one of the four experts of the GIEI. “What does need to be investigated is why they were handed over, who handed them over and how they were obtained,” said Angela Buitrago, another of the members.
The GIEI , which had extended its activities for a month, explained that from this moment only two of the four experts will remain , Carlos Martín Beristain and Ángela Buitrago, to execute a follow-up mechanism for the case, given the movement that arose after the publication of the report on 18 of August and that the FGR canceled more than 20 of the 181 requested arrest warrants.
Furthermore, the GIEI considered it necessary for them to remain because the new team from the specialized unit that arrived after the resignation of now former special prosecutor Omar Gómez Trejo in September “he does not have sufficient knowledge of the case.”
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