On September 26, teaching students from the Ayotzinapa Normal School in Mexico were intercepted by police forces en route to a protest in Iguala. In the ensuing clash, six people were killed, and 43 Ayotzinapa students were taken away by the police. Investigations over the following weeks led to the startling allegations that the police had acted at the behest of the local mayor, and had turned over the abducted students to members of the Guerreros Unidos cartel. All 43 students are now feared dead.The case has come to represent the negative feeling of the Mexican public toward the state of justice and the rule of law in Mexico. The events have now galvanized the survivors of the attack and the disappeared students' parents. Nationwide demonstrations have increased in intensity, and recently led to government buildings in the state of Guerrero to be set on fire.In the upcoming three-part series, VICE News travels to Guerrero, ground-zero for the protest movement that has erupted since the disappearance of the students. We meet with survivors of the Iguala police attack and parents of the missing students, accompany volunteer search parties, and watch as angry demonstrators set fire to government buildings in the aftermath of the murders.Check out "Americans Support Mexico's Anti-Government Protests — As Long as They Stay in Mexico"Check out "Fiery Protests Erupt in Mexico Over Missing Students"Check out "Ayotzinapa: A Timeline of the Mass Disappearance That Has Shaken Mexico"Watch "Murder and Migration in Honduras: Immigrant America"Subscribe to VICE News on YouTubeFollow VICE News on TwitterLike VICE News on Facebook
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