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World News 1: Mexico army ignored cartel warnings before mass student kidnapping, emails show

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2023 2:04 am
by bob_turner
Months before 43 Ayotzinapa students vanished, army was repeatedly warned of criminal gang presenceThe Mexican military received nearly a dozen complaints about cartel activity in the region where 43 students were abducted in September 2014, emails hacked from the country’s defense ministry reveal, but the armed forces apparently did little to tackle organized crime in the area.The students’ kidnapping and disappearance, which took place in the city of Iguala in Guerrero state,...

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