Mexicans Continue to Protest for Missing 43 Ayotzinapa Students Three Months Later
Mexicans have not forgotten about the missing Ayotzinapa students who have been reported dead.
Three months after the students went missing, about three thousand gathered in downtown Mexico City to protest Friday.
Parents, relatives and friends were among the many that chanted for justice. They help up portraits of the students and updated versions of the Mexican flag, where the red and green stripes were replaced with black.
The Associated Press reports that this would be one of the drug war's worst mass murders if all 43 Ayotzinapa students are confirmed dead. The police have admitted to turning in the students to a drug gang, but the remains that were found were burned, making it difficult to identify who they belonged to.
As of now, only one of the students has been identified.
In Mexico, #YaMeCanse13 continues to trend on Twitter. Ya Me Canse, or "I've Had Enough", has become synonymous with the citizens' frustration with their government. The term started after the country's attorney general used it during a press conference. Though many use it as a way to speak about the missing students, people also use it to criticize the government.
For example, politican Heliodoro Diaz Escarraga gave his son a porsche for Christmas, and many in the country are upset with the purchase of this luxury car.
President Enrique Peña Nieto has received most of the criticism, with some even saying that he is not their president because he's an "embarrassment" to the country.
Others have been covering the latest protest using the hashtag.
"Thousands of citizens march, yelling as one voice," said MJE. "Alive they took them, alive we want them! #YaMeCanse13."
Others share powerful images of signs made for the students, or social media users also use Twitter to share facts, such as one that says how many seconds, minutes and days have gone by since there have been definitive answers about the missing 43 students.
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