Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Mexican army involved in students disappearance two years ago, author says

Mexican soldiers were involved in the disappearance and apparent massacre of 43 students two years ago, according to a leading journalist, implicating the military directly in a crime that has been blamed solely on corrupt police and drug gang members.

Anabel Hernandez, a well known investigative journalist, leveled the allegation in her soon to be published book, titled "The True Night in Iguala". The first chapters of the book, based on interviews with a drug lord and other direct sources, were released on the website Aristegui Noticias on Friday.

In one excerpt, a source had described how members of the . . .

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