Mexico City, September 25 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Prior to the meeting with President Enrique Peña Nieto, the parents of the 43 forcibly disappeared students September 26, 2014 elaborated a document with eight petitions that were bluntly rejected by the Mexican head of state.

The document begins by saying: “Today, almost one year after the atrocious events in Iguala, Guerrero, against our children and our colleagues, we come before you to demand justice in truth.”  The parents accuse the government of being responsible of the tragic events nearly one year ago.

“The State is responsible for disappearing our children.  The state has permitted narco-politics to control Guerrero, and to generate a historic lie that today has been exposed and which tortured us by granting privileges to politicians instead of looking out for the rights of the victims,” they said in their written statement, reproduced entirely by La Jornada on Thursday.

Throughout the document, the families express their frustration and their anger with the lack of justice in the case of the 43 students.

They accused the government of lying to them and the people of Mexico, a state crime that has been exposed, they said, by the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI), which includes specialists from the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights (IACHR).
 
The also condemned the president because “a month after having signed 10 commitments with the president, none of these have been fulfilled.”

“That is why we are meeting with you today (Thursday, September 24th) that you commit yourself to the truth and not the lies,” they stated.

These are the eight requests in summarized form:        

1. Acknowledgement of the legitimacy of our search for justice and that the case remain open.

We don't want to hear more lies, we don't want to hear you saying we have to overcome the pain we feel on continue on, as if the truth had been exposed, and while you intend to deceive us with lies and false statements.

2. We demand that the GIEI remain active investigating the case and that their reports and recommendations be accepted. It is time that you President commit to changes in this country and that you guarantee truth and justice for Ayotzinapa.

3. We ask that the investigation be rethought and retaken by a special investigative unit, under international supervision. This unit should focus on two objectives: to an in-depth investigation into the whereabouts of our children and another to focus on the montage set up to deceit us and lie to us and make a mockery of us. (This point has a series of other request that basically demand a full investigation with no regards to the consequences to the government.)

4. To re-launch a serious search of our children with the immediate use of all technology available. We have suffered throughout the past year seeing the lack of coordination by your government in the search for our children.

5. An immediate and dignified attention to those injured during the attacks and to the families of those of our children that were executed extra-judicially.

6. We demand respect to the Raul Isidro Burgos Ayotzinapa Teachers Trainees College and that all attempts to criminalize the students there be ceased immediately. (In this point, they complained that the government and the press continuously makes efforts to dampen the image of the teacher trainees known as normalistas in Mexico.)

7. We ask the mechanism be put in place for a permanent and respectful communication between us and about our rights. We cannot accept the continuation of lies to us and the Mexican society as a whole.

8. Acceptance and actions in light of the crisis of impunity in the country, the corruption and the widespread violation of human rights in Mexico. Our children are not the only ones that have been forcibly disappeared in this country. Tens of thousands of families are searching for their loved ones, while our country is transformed into one huge mass grave

The statement continues saying that Mexico is going through a crisis so big it requires urgent and in-depth action.

“Mr. President, we do not trust your institutions nor your government, which has sought to deceive us, and it is only because we profoundly desire to hug our children again we are here before you once again,”, they stated, concluding that as long as their children were not found, their fight would continue.