This archive report was first published on 10 July 2020.
On July 10, 2020, Mexico's foreign minister, Marcelo Ebrard, announced that efforts were underway to extradite Tomas Zeron, the former head of the Criminal Investigation Agency, who is currently in Canada.
According to Ebrard, Mexico will not tolerate impunity, and the ministry of foreign affairs will ensure that extradition occurs in cases like Zeron's, who is wanted on an Interpol notice for alleged torture.
Zeron fled Mexico earlier this year and is accused of using torture to extract confessions from suspects. He is also one of the architects of the 'historical truth' presented by the government in 2015, which was rejected by the victims' families.
The case involves the disappearance of 43 teacher trainees in 2014, who were stopped by municipal police in Iguala, Guerrero, and allegedly handed over to drug cartel hitmen. Independent experts have rejected the government's conclusion, and the case remains unsolved.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador met with relatives of the students on the same day, and the case continues to stain Mexico's reputation.
