Abarca's acquittal, following the SEIDO process carried out in 2015: Encinas

 

Mexico City, September 15.- The acquittal of José Luis Abarca, former mayor of Iguala, of the direct accusation against him for the disappearance of the 43 Ayotzinapa student teachers (Santiago de Ayotzinapa) stems from a case conducted by the Specialized Subprosecutor's Office for the Investigation of Organized Crime (SEIDO) since 2015.

Meanwhile, the investigation currently being conducted by the Specialized Unit for Investigation and Litigation of the Ayotzinapa Case (UEILCA) is still a "pending process," said Alejandro Encinas, Undersecretary of Human Rights, Population, and Migration of the Ministry of the Interior.

Through social media, the federal official stated this Thursday: "Judge Samuel Ventura Ramos's ruling, which seeks to exonerate those allegedly responsible for the disappearance of the 43, was an accusation made by SEIDO in 2015. The investigation currently being conducted by the UEILCA for the crime of forced disappearance is a pending process."

Since Wednesday, after it was announced that a criminal court based in Tamaulipas acquitted the former mayor of Iguala, arguing that the Federal Public Ministry did not provide sufficient evidence, Encinas lamented that "once again, the Tamaulipas judge, Samuel Ventura Ramos, who freed 77 alleged perpetrators involved in the disappearance of the Ayotzinapa students, acquitted Abarca, one of the main people involved in the disappearance of the boys."