Mexico City, September 25 (teleSUR-RHC)-- After almost a year mobilizing and demanding justice for their 43 loved ones, the relatives of the disappeared Ayotzinapa students were finally met by Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto on Thursday. 

The relatives were joined by human rights activists and the meeting was overseen by the international group of experts appointed by the Inter-American Human Rights Commission (IAHRC) which has investigated the disappearances and issued recommendations.

The closed-door meeting took place at the Technology Museum in Mexico City.  The relatives, currently on hunger strike, delivered an eight-point list of demands to the president.

After the meeting, the relatives held a press conference where they expressed dismay at the government's response, claiming Peña Nieto said it was not going to be easy to continue the investigations.

“We will be the stone in their shoe … because we cannot go back home without knowing where our children are,” said the mother of one of the 43 students. 

Among the demands, the relatives are urging Peña Nieto to request international assistance at his intervention at the United Nations on Sunday to create a commission against impunity and corruption in Mexico, following the example of CICIG in Guatemala. 

They also urged the government not only to take into consideration the findings of the international group of experts – which the government promised to do – but to also accept the findings of the group and their recommendations.
   
The relatives of the missing students made clear that they do not trust the Mexican government or its institutions, but were motivated by “the hope of hugging our children again.”

Furthermore, the document made it clear that the president should understand the importance the case has acquired, nationally and internationally.