Mexico City, December 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Estela de Carlotto, the leader and founder of the Argentine human rights group Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, met privately with parents of the missing 43 Ayotzinapa students on Sunday in Mexico City.

After the meeting, de Carlotto, who earlier this year found her grandson 36 years after his disappearance, expressed support for the relatives of the missing students and regretted that such things occur even under “constitutional governments.”

“The slogan ‘They took them alive, we want them alive’ is a fair claim that everybody must maintain. We defended that claim for years; it is a correct political stance,” said de Carlotto during a press conference.

“She told us is that we have to be strong; she also told us how she has gone through a similar situation and I think that is why she understands us better,” said Hilda Hernandez, mother of Cesar Manuel Gonzalez, one of the missing students. “She asked us not to give up and we are going to listen to her. We will not be silent.”