Fugitive ex-official implicates Mexican ex-president, others in tale spun of student disappearances
Updated 4:54 AM CDT, August 27, 2024
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A former head of investigations for Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office told officials investigating the 2014 disappearance of 43 students that the so-called “historic truth” presented to the public weeks later was cooked up by the highest ranking authorities in the government during meetings presided over by then-President Enrique Peña Nieto, a Mexican news outlet reported Monday.
Tomás Zerón, a fugitive now in Israel beyond the reach of Mexican law enforcement, told investigators that the president and members of his security Cabinet were present, the independent journalism collective Fabrica de Periodismo reported.
It quoted from Zerón’s answers to a lengthy questionnaire sent to him in 2022 by Mexico’s top human rights official at the time, Alejandro Encinas, which was released under a freedom of information request.
The “historic truth” version contended the students were turned over by local police to a drug gang in the city of Iguala. The gang purportedly killed the students, incinerated their bodies at a dump in nearby Cocula and tossed the remains into a river.
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During his Presidential campaign, all corporate news sources spoke of Peña Nieto immediately as the Photogenic Enrique Peña Nieto, including US national newspapers, magazines, and wire services. Absolutely nothing concerning his policy positions or political history. Every time. It seemed impossibly shallow that they were pushing his appearance as his qualification for election. They also, almost as an afterthought, mentioned his wife's cuteness credentials as a famous Mexican daytime soap opera star.
Before leaving office, they both were involved in pathetic extravagant corruption scandals, and Peña Nieto ditched his wife and ran off with another lady.
Enrique Peña Nieto
Refused to pay for Trump's wall.
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You may recall Trump pitched a fit because the Queen didn't invite him to a formal State Visit, with hauling his ass around in a carriage procession.
Mexico president MUK state visit: Enrique Pena Nieto and wife Angelica Rivera meet the Queen
By David SimDavid Sim
Published 03/04/15 AT 9:35 AM GMT
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto is on a three-day state visit to the UK. He arrived at Buckingham Palace in a horse-drawn carriage, accompanied by the Queen, Prince Philip, Prince Charles and his wife Camilla.
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The Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and the Queen travel to Buckingham Palace in a carriage Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Queen Elizabeth II ride in a state carriage on their way to Buckingham Palace after the ceremonial welcome Toby Melville/Reuters
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President Enrique Pena Nieto and his former soap star wife, Angelica Rivera, were shown around Buckingham Palace where they toured a display of Mexican items from the Royal Collection.
Nieto and his wife are staying at Buckingham Palace during their visit.
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The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh pose for a photograph with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and his wife Angelica Rivera before a state banquet at Buckingham Palace Justin Tallis/AFP
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https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mexico-president-uk-state-visit-enrique-pena-nieto-wife-angelica-rivera-meet-queen-1490390
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