PBI-Mexico accompanies Ayotzinapa anniversary march in Mexico City, press conference in Cuernavaca

Published by Brent Patterson on October 10, 2025 October 10, 2025

The Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project has posted on social media:

“Yesterday, 26 September, marked 11 years since the disappearance of the 43 students from #Ayotzinapa. Mothers, fathers, collectives and organisations continue to raise their voices for memory, truth and justice.

PBI Mexico was present accompanying:

🔹 The march in Mexico City in memory of the 43 students.

🔹 In Cuernavaca, the press conference organized by the Independent Human Rights Commission of Morelos, in commemoration of this anniversary.

We join the call of organisations and families for events such as these not to be repeated and for truth, justice and reparation.”

Press conference in Cuernavaca

On September 26, El Sol de Cuernavaca reported: “11 years after the disappearance of the 43 students from Ayotzinapa, the Independent Human Rights Commission (IACHR) and the Morelos Pact for Sovereignty called for justice in the face of the crime that has not been solved so far, expressed solidarity with the families of the victims and demanded clear answers from the government.”

“In a statement made this afternoon, José Martínez Cruz, a member of the IACHR, commented that both organizations met in the main square of Cuernavaca to demand justice and truth, which will clarify the whereabouts of the 43 students from Ayotzinapa, who disappeared in Iguala on September 26 and 27, 2014.”

That article continues: “He [also] took the opportunity to make an attentive call regarding the 2 years of war that Palestine is facing, pointing out that just as they fight for truth and justice for the 43 missing and the more than 125 thousand disappeared throughout the country, they also stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people of Gaza and the West Bank. to stop the genocide committed by Israel and demand respect for the Sumud Global Flotilla, which carries food to stop famine.”

Mega-march in Mexico City

And just before the rally, El Heraldo reported: “The parents of the students will lead a day to demand justice, with rallies and mobilizations throughout Mexico City. The main rally is expected to take place in the capital’s Zócalo after the main contingent leaves the Angel of Independence at 4:00 p.m., with a capacity estimated by the Secretariat of Citizen Security of at least 3,000 people.”

Parents wait for answers

Earlier this year, Thomson Reuters reported: “For more than a decade, the [Mexican] government has promised action in finding those responsible, with investigations publishing varying accounts of what happened to the students from the southern state of Guerrero. In 2022, investigators acknowledged that local, state and federal officials had played a role in covering up their disappearance. International probes have ruled they were likely kidnapped and killed by organized crime members in cahoots with police. Victims’ families have long pressed for justice, though no one has been convicted in connection to the case.”

In early-September, El Pais reported on the lack of progress in this case and that families of the disappeared students continue to wait for the extradition of Tomás Zerón.

That article explains: “Zerón, the former director of the Mexican Attorney General’s Office’s Criminal Investigation Agency, [is] accused of forced disappearance, financial crimes, and torture of a detainee in the case. A fugitive in Israel, Zerón continues to give interviews and participate in documentaries to provide his version of the massacre, despite three extradition orders that Israel has yet to accept.”

In July 2020, CBC News reported that Zerón was in Canada.

Anniversary remembered in Canada

During a PBI-Mexico advocacy tour with Espacio OSC in Canada last month, the 11^th anniversary was remembered at the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights monument in Nelson Mandela Square.

Espacio OSC posted on social media: “As part of the advocacy tour in #Canada, #EspacioOSC and @pbicanada join the demand for truth and justice for the 43 student teachers from #Ayotzinapa. We call for international solidarity and urge that they not be forgotten.”

We continue to follow this.