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Almost nine months after giving up, The Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) once again obtained 16 arrest warrants against soldiers allegedly involved in the disappearance of the 43 students from Ayotzinapa.
Among the soldiers, Colonel Rafael Hernández Nieto stands out, former commander of the 41st Infantry Battalion, accused of the crimes of forced disappearance, torture and organized crime.
The Prosecutor’s Office, led by Alejandro Gertz Manero, requested and obtained 16 arrest warrants by the Second District Judge in Federal Criminal Proceedings of Toluca, State of Mexico, Raquel Ivette Duarte Cedillo.
According to official informationthree of the 16 soldiers accused of forced disappearance, torture and organized crime in the Ayotzinapa case, they have already been arrested and entered the military promise of Military Camp 1-A, in Mexico City.
While, It is expected that, during the course of the week, another eight elements will be detained and placed at the disposal of the District Judge of Federal Criminal Processes in the State of Mexico.
This announcement by the FGR seems to respond to questions from organizations such as the Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez Human Rights Center and the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI), who had accused a lack of rigor in the investigation.
The above despite the fact that last August, the Truth Commission presented a report that provided important advances on those allegedly involved in both the disappearance of the students, Among those who targeted the military, as in the subsequent concealment of the events, in which senior officials of the Enrique Peña Nieto administration (2012-2018) participated.
According to official information, in addition to Colonel Rafael Hernández Nieto, other names that appear on the list are the soldiers who have an arrest warrant are Omar Torres Marquillo, Uri Yashiel Reyes Lazos, Gustavo Rodríguez de la Cruz, Juan Sotelo Díaz, Santiago Muñoz Pilo , Francisco Narváez Pérez and Ramiro Manzanares Sanabria, Eloy Estrada Díaz, Juan Andrés Flores Lagunes, Oscar Cruz Román, Ezequiel Carrera Rifas, Joel Gálvez Santos, Felipe González Cano, Roberto de los Santos Eduviges and Enrique Martínez Chávez.
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