“I hope that the government gets the message that its citizens are completely fed up with a government that cannot seem to provide even basic security for its citizens and is incapable of honoring basic human rights,” said Emma Obrador, a member of the rights group Association of Women Embracing Mexico.
Demonstrators flooded the streets of cities across Mexico on Thursday as tens of thousands of people called on the government of President Enrique Peña Nieto to return 43 missing students who disappeared two months ago after police opened fire on them in Guerrero state.
“The leadership here wants to paint a picture of Mexico as a stable country, but the reality is completely different,” said Hugo Silva, a student at the National Polytechnic School. “There’s the narcotrafficking and the violence, but you have to look at the situation at its roots. We all have a responsibility for this, but the primary responsibility for the situation belongs to the government.”
