“For us it is important and contains positive elements that will help us know the truth and obtain justice,” the families said in a statement released Friday.
The fate of the students is an enduring mystery that remains unsolved despite years of research and international interest.
The students had been visiting the southwestern city of Iguala from a teacher training college in Ayotzinapa when their buses were intercepted by local police and federal forces in September 2014.
What exactly happened next – and why – remains unknown. However, survivors of the original group of 100 students said their buses had been stopped and fired upon by armed police and soldiers. Bullet-riddled buses were later found on the city streets, with shattered windows and blood.
About 43 students subsequently disappeared.
A government report last week called the incident a “state crime” based on thousands of documents, text messages, phone records, testimonies and other forms of evidence.
He had led the state investigation into the disappearances of the students, but was criticized by then-President Enrique Peña Nieto for his lack of transparency in handling the case.
The parents of the 43 applauded his arrest.
“Today the judge hearing the case agrees with us. Murillo Karam conducted a dubious, irregular investigation, plagued by torture, manipulation and fabrication of evidence, and constructed a lie that prevented us from knowing the whereabouts of our children” the prosecutor said. joint statement of the parents said.
“We cannot give up the fight until we have full proof of their whereabouts. It will be painful for our families to hear of their fate, especially if it is lifeless, but if they provide us with scientific and definitive proof, we will go home.” go to mourn To date we do not have this evidence. Therefore, our demands and struggle continue.”
Fidel Gutierrez of DailyExpertNewsE contributed to the report.