tahmooressi, an afghan war vet, being held on weapons charges, was set free by a mexican court order on friday. congressman royce says he was released because the mexican prisons didn't have the resources to treat his ptsd. >> on that basis, to reunite him with his family with the knowledge that now he's going to get the treatment he needs. >> reporter: he was arrested in march at a tijuana checkpoint after mexican customs agents found three firearms in his truck, a pistol, shot gun and semiautomatic rifle and some ammunition. tahmooressi says he took a wrong turn on the california side of the border into tijuana and accidentally crossed. tahmooressi's mom said the marine parked in this lot. he made a left, right out of here, completely missing that sign that says mexico only. no usa return. straight on to that on ramp right into mexico. how are you doing, andrew? >> reporter: in may i spoke to him on the phone from the mexican prison he was being helped. >> what have things been like for you there in mexico, andrew?

has he talked to the mexican present the personally? >> i haven't had that discussion. >> just a few days later thanks to you in just one hour of on the record we all did it together. 100,000 of you officially signed that white house petition to get the sergeant's case in front of the president. weeks later, the president speaking to the president of mexico and not bringing up sergeant tam reesy. so we pushed again. >> did the president press that case with the mexican present the? >> i don't have any details of that conversation but i can look into that for you. >> but our marine still stuck in a mexican prison. >> i played tick tack toe with one of the prisoners and he made it seem like it would be the last time i would ever play. >> from his cell, the sergeant calling in multiple times, telling about his treatment behind bars. >> they put the handcuffs on me nice and tight and handcuffed me to the bed naked in the cold. >> stories shocking us and outraging his fellow marines. >> he didn't mean to cross the border to begin with. numbe

but mexican prosecutors argued tahmooressi broke the law. he's maintained his innocence throughout this ordeal. her mother says her son's time in mexican jail was worse than his two tours in afghanistan. family issuing the following statement" it is with overwhelming and humbling feeling of relief that we confirm that andrew was released today after spending 214 days in mexican jail." joining us now on the phone is william lodgeness, william, you've covered this story extensively for fox news. you've been in touch with the family. what's your take on this sudden development? >> well, there's one thing that's uncertain. we know that bill richardson, former governor of new mexico has been in san diego working on andrew's release. however, mexico's been very insistent that there was going to be no political interference in their judicial system. they're very sensitive about that. so even though congressman from arizona, congressman rois from california held a hearing in washington, they made phone calls to mexican attorney general, the presiden

stories like these are common to every day mexicans. are the they ares actually capable of solving a problem linked so closely to those in power. the arrest of a public official and the wife who hoped to succeed him is a sobering symptom of a class of public officials that people of mexico can't trust, and might well fear. the missing teacher trainees this time on the program. what does the crime and the reaction to it tell you about the mexican people today? as the war on the drug trade continues to overshadow another administration. as the protests continue, will people be unalmost to let this crime go? in a way that changes anything. joining us for that conversation, teresa bowl is a cor can respondent with al jazeera america's fault lines p jose is an editor with one of the leading newspapers and jonathan fox is a professor of development studies school of international service in washington, d.c. jose, let me start with you, what was different about this particular case? that with all the murders that have happened this one instead

marine reservist after seven months in a mexican jail. we're expecting sergeant andrew tahmooressi to arrive in his hometown not far from westin. he flew out of san diego, you see him here, boarding the plane. this is the new video in to cnn. he's being driven here we see last night to the border post in tijuana, getting out of that white suv and then going out toward the customs buildings, before crossing back to the u.s. into california. tahmooressi was jailed, you may remember, after entering tijuana with three guns in his truck. the veteran insisted he took a wrong turn and accidentallies crossed the border. national reporter nick valencias has been following this story from the beginning. why was he released at this time? why now? >> it's a months' long ordeal for the family. they had a congressional hearing last month october 1st pleading to the mexican government to release him on humanitarian grounds. he suffers ptsd, that's what he was doing in california, he left florida to get treatment in california that's when he says he acci

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special episode on the front lines with the taliban on al jazeera america >> we're in the mexican state of veracruz, one of the most violent areas in the country. this is el diamante ranch - it is here where the remains of 31 people were found a month ago. the bodies were dumped in a mass grave just below this house. those who were killed are believed to have been held here after they were kidnapped. only a few of the bodies have been identified. kidnappings have increased dramatically in mexico over the past few years - thousands taken and never seen again. chili's, clothing, candles... more than 22,000 people have disappeared- since the mexican government launched it's war against cartels in 2996 their families left in limbo, wondering if the're dead or alive fault lines is here to investigate one of the worst crises of disappearances in latin america and to meet the families searching for answers - and a justice that never seems to arrive. a sign with details of sara cruz's son - jose rodolfo - hangs in front of her house - in case anyone can help her find him. the last time she saw

what provoked the mexican authorities to do this? >> well, let me just say that originally the mexican authorities were looking at maybe seven years, 21 years. >> right. >> that was the filing. i had a conversation with the attorney general of mexico. asking him if he would not look at this situation where ten days before the incident, we had the sergeant tahmooressi checking into the hospital in san diego, and the finding at that point was that he had ptsd. so clearly the attorney general had the ability to issue this particular statement, nonaccusatory statement, to the judge making this recommendation. and then we held a hearing on this. i had visited sergeant tahmooressi in the prison. we followed up with various officials in mexico. and the bottom line was that the decision was made by the attorney general to issue this order to the judge. >> so am i hearing you correctly in that you said this -- your belief is that this discovery made by mexican authorities to see some real verification about his mental, his psychological state

but ptsd, officially it is not treated in mexican prison. so them deciding to withdraw the allegations and that leading to his release. you see him there earlier this morning, getting ouch off a plane, private jet. a lot of people played a part in getting his release. >> wow. so what do we know about his condition, physically, mentally. >> we've done a lot of reporting here and on other platforms. we've spoke on the him several times. his condition every time i've spoken to him over the phone was getting worse and worse. >> in what way? >> mental health. he was becoming more withdrawn. becoming more introverted. he was already a quiet individual and because he was suffering from this clinically diagnosed posttraumatic stress. his family says this time in prison, this seven months in confinement audited up. allegations of the abuse. family says he was tortured. shackled on all fours at one point. he admits he tried to take his own life. his family maintained all along he's not mentally well. and they tried to secure his release. now the mexic

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is an increasingly mexican city. there are two keys to understanding how los angeles .ecame a majority minority city there is intense gentrification. second is its proximity to the u.s.-mexico border. many books have been written on these topics. as i'm thinking through these will give you i examples. the history and los angeles is a story of racial inclusion -- racial exclusion. have documented the symptomatic use of restrictive race-based real estate covenants byt were reinforced realtors. and sometimes by white homeowners associations intent on keeping property values up by keeping minorities out. history has shaped the environment and makeup of the city into a defined pattern of residential segregation. over time, african americans have settled in the expanding south-central sections of los angeles and mexican-americans are in the east side. asian origin groups have had a longer history of this segregation. residential segregation of color largerfornia reflects national discriminatory practices of the federal hou

i, too, am tired, i am tired of disappeared mexicans.the dead, the decapitated, the bodies hanging from bridges, the broken families come on the mothers without children, the children without parents. i'm tired of the political class that has captured my country and the class that corrupts, lies, and kills. i, too, am tired. the attorney general appeared on national television and said he does not regret his gaffe. >> i was tired and it was the truth. >> would you say it again? >> i am as human as anybody and i get tired. i have been sleeping only four hours for the past 30 days. i have also traveled from chilpancingo. when you listen to the relatives of the students, it affects you when you are faced with helplessness, not able to give them an immediate truth. >> there is the mexican attorney general. the president, and ricci peÑa nieto, went to china, for the meetings of apec. can you talk about what is happening at the state level in mexico facing enormous criticism for leaving in the midst of this crisis to attend this summit in chin

, we lost007 and 2009 about 600,000 unauthorized mexicans. since 2009, we have lost roughly another half a million. host: why is that? guest: there is a lot going on. the main demographic feature is that there are more leaving then coming. -- leaving than coming. there are always people leaving and coming. it has been a turnover throughout this period, but after the recession started, we saw a huge flow back to mexico. very few mexicans now are coming. there are a lot of things underneath that. the enforcement at the border substantially, and we know that it is a lot more expensive to hire someone to help you get in. it is more dangerous because of the enforcement along the border -- they have to go through more remote areas, and it is physically more challenging. it is dangerous in northern mexico with the violence, and the mexican economy has been doing reasonably well. demographer i have to look at that. the number of mexicans in the prime migration ages, which are roughly 16 to 24 has been going down as a result of the large fertility dro

it is not an isolated case. >> can you talk about the attorney mexican general -- mexican attorney generaling, "i've had enough" and what that has become? >> i'm sure he is tired, but the parents are more tired than him. the people in mexico are really tired of impunity and lack of trust in our institutions. i think it is also the reflection of what happens here. will in thisitical case because of the pressure from the international commodity. even with all of this political will [inaudible] to look for the thousands of people that are disappeared. we have to start looking and .ecognize the magnitude >> finally, what this means for mexico right now? some people are saying the government could fall. people are calling for the resignation of the attorney general. what is happening overall? think what is happening [inaudible] the trigger for everyone to recognize once again this crisis , the humanitarian crisis, the human rights crisis with the tens of thousands people who are disappeared but also those who .ave been killed with so much violence, it is generalized -- something needs to be don

the mexican american political association in california. jose gutierrez, one of the founders of the mexican american youth organization in texas. and denver's crusade for justice were among the folks there. they were welfare rights activists. there were coal miners interested from eastern kentucky and west virginia who were interested in land and environmental issues. religious activists from the national council of churches. and the american foreign service -- activists from the quakers. all these people in varying degrees saw themselves as opponents of the vietnam war. and saw that as linked to the abandonment of the war on poverty by 1968. here king presented his vision. one that was not just about how sclc defined poverty as jobs or income or a solution to poverty but one that included everyone's ideas. the chicano activists offered a familiar refrain about the burgeoning relationship between them and civil rights activists, representing more urban chicanos reminded king that "conferring is a two-way street." african americans must list

chili's, clothing, candles... more than 22,000 people have disappeared- since the mexican government launched it's war against cartels in 2996 their families left in limbo, wondering if the're dead or alive fault lines is here to investigate one of the worst crises of disappearances in latin america and to meet the families searching for answers - and a justice that never seems to arrive. a sign with details of sara cruz's son - jose rodolfo - hangs in front of her house - in case anyone can help her find him. the last time she saw him, it was a tuesday evening. she had just gotten home from work and he asked her if she would take him to a local motorcycle show. jose spent afternoons working in his uncle's mechanical shop in the front of the house they rode to the show on jose rodolfo's bike, it was here in this small plaza - just a short ride from their house in the town of tierra blanca. when sara went to the police, they told her she needed to wait 3 days to file a report. so she started searching herself- something as simple as looking on facebook for that, not authorities all he

sergeant andrew tahmooressi ends up up fighting to survive in a mexican prison.s when he thought the only way out was taking his life. >> at some point, you tried to take your life in this mexican prison. this was after the attempted escape. do you have any idea about how long after that it was it was maybe 2 or 3 days afterwards. >> what were the circumstances? what happened? >> i was thinking -- i was worried. i was thinking that these guys are going to break out of their cell and come after me. the guards are going to leave me here to get me me and i was thinking after they would get information from me they would get information about the rest of my family and i would break brake and tell them or maybe i would tell them. i don't know. i was worried about that. i was thinking mane taking my life is the best thing so what happened? >> is there was a bible up on light bulbs up on the ceiling. and i saw them. and and, you know, i was thinking i knew i was in a bad place and i saw the light bulbs, and i said why would they have these light bulbs in here? someone c

mexican judge demanding his release on humanitarian grounds. because he suffered from post-traumatic stress. tahmorressi, home thanks in large part to efforts by two republican lawmakers, including congressman salmon who'll join us later in the broadcast, we're coming right back stpaeu wit st. >> a new report warns of a surge in deadly ebola cases, doctor and congressman michael burgess and congressman michael burgess next on why an out right [ breathing deeply ] [ inhales deeply ] [ sighs ] [ inhales ] [ male announcer ] at cvs health, we took a deep breath... [ inhales, exhales ] [ male announcer ] and made the decision to quit selling cigarettes in our cvs pharmacies. now we invite smokers to quit, too, with our comprehensive program. we just want to help everyone, everywhere, breathe a little easier. introducing cvs health. because health is everything. introducing cvs health. (receptionist) gunderman group is growing. getting in a groove. growth is gratifying. goal is to grow. gotta get greater growth. i just talked to ups. they got expert

what made the mexican government decide to release him?as not had much experience in that area, a good legal strategy, but i think, tucker, what also helped was bipartisanship. i worked with some republican congressmen, ed royce, chairman of the foreign affairs committee, congressman salmon, a republican from arizona, montel williams. we all went in together not to pressure but to try to talk to various mexican officials. we were in the tijuana area the last five days. we've been working intensively. so i think the legal strategy, bipartisan effort, the fact that i think the public was very involved, i think you guys at fox have covered it in a very positive way, and so all of that groundswell brought this release. and i think also the mexican government, their judicial process worked. >> and it seems, i mean, odd to us, governor, i'm sure to you as well that it's taken this long around under these circumstances that he's finally been released. have you talked to the president? do you think he dropped the ball on this? >> well, no. the sta

marine is back on american soil after a mexican judge ordered his release. tahmooressi was arrested on guns charges. agents found weapons and ammo in his truck at a tijuana check point. he insisted he made a wrong turn on the u.s. side of the border. >>> it's been an excruciating month waiting for relatives of 43 missing students in mexico. officials have yet to locate a group that vanished without a trace. as protests against the government grow louder, rafael romo reports on a grim new discovery. >> reporter: behind the yellow tape, a grisly discovery. hard to say if the bodies belong to 43 students missing for more than a month. the mexican federal police have been looking all over the region for students of a rural college. they disappeared in september on a protest 200 miles south of mexico city. local police officers on the payroll of a criminal organization kidnapped the students under orders from the town's mayor. that mayor, his wife and chief of police are now considered fugitives. protesters say the mexican government isn't doing enough to find th

is now an increasingly mexican city. there are two essential keys to understanding how los angeles became a my jordan -- a majority of 40 city. many important books have been written on these topics and i will give you a brief overview here as i am thinking through these histories. spacestory of race and and los angeles is a well-known story of racial exclusion and segregation, both in structure and custom. dozens of scholars have documented the systematic use of restrictive race-based real estate government -- covenants reinforce to realtors and sometimes my wife homeowners associations tend on keeping property values up by keeping minorities out. the history has significantly shaped the elton environment and shaped the city into a clearly defined pattern of segregation. african-americans have largely settled in the expanding south central sections of los angeles and mexican-americans have concentrated in l.a.'s eastside neighborhoods. asian origin groups have had an even longer history of this type of segregation all s

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all of mexican society.e government will continue a full accounting of the incident. the capture of those who ordered it isn't enough. we will arrest everyone who participated in these abominable crimes. >> but the parents of the missing told cnn in espanol, they don't trust the government's investigation. to publish that kind of news without any scientific proof is highly irresponsible, the parents said by phone. the mexican government said dna samples will be sent to a university in austria in an effort to identify the remains. >> reporter: there's also a forensic team from argentina helping the mexican experts and expected to take weeks, perhaps months, to identify the missing students. marty and christi, back to you. >> all right. rafael, thank you very much for that report. >> thank you. >> so of course, republicans back in power in congress and a lot of people are asking what's going to get done? >> the president and congressional leaders, they took the first step yesterday by sitting down to lunch. we

marine held in a mexican prison for allegedly smuggling weapons in the country is back home, sergeantw tahmooressi was released friday, he said he made a wrong turn, wasn't planning to go to mexico, he was arrested back in march after mexican customs agents found three firearms in thiz truck, a pistol, pump shotgun and an ar 15 assault rifle, more on the release and the diplomatic effort to bring him home. >> reporter: after crossing the border, sergeant tahmooressi finally made it to the u.s., that's him hugging family and friends at a san diego airport before boarding to miami. he came from afghanistan and suffered from untreated ptsd spent 214 days in a mexican prison until a mexican court decided to grant him a humanitarian release on weapons charges and recommended he get help for his ptsd. >> the mexican government was not pressured but made the correct decision based on ptsd. >> reporter: former mexico governor bill richardson and advocate montel williams pressed for his family, both saw him over the past few months. >> i went to visit sergeant tahmooressi at his prison, i told

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, that's what mexican authorities are saying. any more will be said about the alleged violation, what got him there in first place or whether those charges or allegations just go away? if it's a moot point at this point, it doesn't matter any more? >> the embassy of mexico and the united states read a statement before i came on the air here. i didn't get a chance to pore over it entirely, it read that the case is closed, the charges have been dropped, withdrawn, the accusation no longer exists. now tahmooressi gets to move forward with his ptsd treatment. we know it will be an intensive process for him. his family saying he needs privacy, he needs to get help. >> coming up later on, we'll hear from former u.n. ambassador bill richardson who was very instrumental in helping gain release of sergeant andrew tahmooressi. >>> the new york doctor who tested positive for ebola is improving. bellevue hospital says dr. craig spencer is now in stable condition from serious but stable spencer will relao main in isolation and continue full t

but it's just a mexican version of classical nutcracker ballet.o we follow clarita as she goes through a dream and different regions of mexico. it's just a really beautiful, colorful, fun event that everyone can go to. and i think it's a really well-rounded show. >> but what a good time to put it on. the holidays are approaching. >> definitely. >> how hard is that? how different is that from any of the other maybe dance steps or songs that you dance to? this nutcracker one? about the same? >> well, there are actual more classical ballet segments put into it. and so i'm trying to think, do we do that? no. but there's a nutcracker, of course. and there is the rat king and there's -- >> party scene. >> there's a party scene and a fighting scene. it's dance like we always do but there's definitely a theatrical element. >> tell us about your dance company. because, i mean, there's several around the bay area. but tell us about yours and what you think makes it unique. >> our group was started in 1991. romero came a year later. we started just really sm

he was arrested and jailed in march when mexican border guards found weapons in his vehicle. he said he never intended to go near the border. it was just a mistake. nick valencia on the story. the family had help getting this man released from jail. they had heavy hitters. >> it was week if not months in the making and it took exhaustive efforts by a myriad of people. there was montel williams tv host and radio personality. there was ed salmon, matt salmon and ed royce from the house of foreign affairs committee and there was his family and the groundswell of support that tahmooressi had to get him out. earlier i spoke to the attorney for andrew tahmooressi he said truth be told it caught him off-guard, deb, he said he was willing to be in it for the long haul. a lot of false starts. a lot of, you know, chances that tahmooressi could have been released and it caught a lot of people by surprise that he was given the order to be released and the charges withdrawn and the prosecution and the weapons charges put against him withdrawn by the prosecution. back on u.s. soil a free m

-mexican war and so, yeah, for a lot of these people they come. they meet people that they had never met before. they had conversations with folks they never met -- you know, that they never would have had a chance to before, and what i think is so interesting about the poor people's campaign and instructive about it, as i say, it's not some grand success at least in the way the media would define, you know, the criteria they would suggest, but living with folks day in and day out, standing in line whether it's for food or for the bathroom or for what have you, trying to stay dry, you know, in this really wet spring. those are the kinds of conversations that you build relationships from, and i -- i think the march on washington was very inconspiring in '67 and yet it was a one-day real, and i think that there's a big difference, you know, through the kinds of relationship, constructive relationship-building that you can do, you know, over six weeks and two months versus one day or three hours for that matter. >> perfect. >> i'm glad that you broug

the mexican government is a major cause of immigration. >> many mexicans are here because they came because there's no conditions to live in peace or live well in mexico. >> mexican authorities have arrested 70 people in connection with the student's disappearance. >>> think you are angry when your phone battery dies. imagine how scientist feel knowing their comet has run out of batteries. >> iconic pictures of the fab four. haul have to spend to own the selection. >> i found what i needed. >> in a season of giving a group of the seasons brought hope to those down on their luck. work clues napa say it would be a week after water main breaks. it is affects customers near foster road. this as crews are repairing a break that happened last weekend. the site of the first break with how people are coping tonight. >> that's right, we're at first and laurel street in napa. you can see the heavy equipment they were using trying to repair one of the two water main breaks. >> the first water main break came a week ago, as crews were finishing up the initial repair another water main broke on another

marine freed from a mexican jail. the behind the scenes negotiations that got him out. >>> pro russia separatists are holding elections in war torn eastern ukraine right now. polls opened a few hours ago and the rebel strongholds of donetsk and luhansk. separatists are trying to legitimatize their control. they took over after victor yanokovich was removed from power. why is this controversial? >> it's controversial because arguably it contravenes the terms of the cease-fire and the truce that was aagreed in september of this year to prevent the warring parties from continuing to battle each other in these very volatile areas in the east and parts of the south of ukraine as well. the voting in these ukrainian regions controlled by pro russian separatists, those you mentioned has been under way now for at least just over four hours. in fact, people are going to polling stations there. there have been pictures showing that taking place. these elections are the next logical step following a referendum in may which gave o

but the massacre is undermined the mexican president's assurances that drug violence in his country is under control. >> protesters were enrained friday after a side comment from mexico's attorney general, jesus karam at a news conference saying the case had been solved. >> barely audible he said -- >> i am tired. >> for them it is about closing the case says protesters javier baptist we don't agree with the mexican state taking responsibility for what happened. he has now become a rallying cry, trending on twitter and social media, a symbol of frustration with the mexican government in a country where the people themselves are tired of corruption and violence. carter evans cbs news, los angeles. >> glor: queen elizabeth today led britain's remembrance of veteran days who remembered veterans who died in world war i. >> prince harry made a surprise trip back to afghanistan. charlie d'agata has details. >> a nation stood in silence. from the tower of london and its spectacular stay of red 800,000 ceramic poppies honoring world war i dead to the memorial service where the queen later read

test test >> sergeant andrew tahmooressi finally freed from that mexican prison. now for the first time the marine going on the record about his long fight for freedom. andrew, even though we were sitting outside your second prison waiting to get in at the time -- >> i did know that. >> how did you hear that? >> through my mom. >> she was allowed to go in and see you? >> yes. after they had stripped her down completely bare and checked her. >> incredible wasn't it? >> yeah. incredible that they would do that to my mother. >> how about the courtroom? we wanted to go in and watch the court proceedings and make sure you're okay but we were told that the room wasn't big enough. about how big was that courtroom? they wouldn't let us in. >> it could have fit you, greta, you and a camera man, probably. but they don't want that. >> in the 214 days, as the days were marching on did you think okay, tomorrow i'm going to get out? the next week? what was going through your mind about getting out and expectations? >> i kept on thinking it's going be this month. it's going to b

a mexican judge freed tahmooressi citing his mental state. the retired marine has posttraumatic stress disorder. >> the mexicans made it very clear to us that they wanted j0 their judicial process to conclude, and it did, and they made, i believe, the right choice. >> reporter: former talk show host montel williams also advocated for his release. >> this experience for him in the last seven months is in a lot of ways has retraumatized him and this is almost like what's called prison ptsd. >> reporter: the 26-year-old seen here boarding a plane on san diego friday night returning to his florida hometown early this morning. tahmooressi originally detained for crossing the border with loaded guns telling a 911 operator that he took a wrong turn on a california freeway and ended up at the border where he couldn't turn around. >> i crossed the border by accident, and i have three guns in my truck, and they're trying to possess -- they are trying to take my guns from me. >> so you're in mexico? >> yeah. >> there's nothing i can help you with then,

even in a place where thousands have disappeared, this case have shocked mexicans. everywhere you go in mexico you see the faces of the disappeared. trainee teachers abducted at the end of september and whose families want them back. most people here fear the students have been killed. but this person talks about her son as if she expects the 19-year-old to come home. my son is still alive. i know he is alive. the government tried to say they were in organized crime, but that is not true. they were innocent students. the families and supporters have been searching tirelessly since the students were ambushed and collusiontion between officials and gangs is rife. there have been violent and the students were probably abducted on the orders of a local politician and handed over to the gangs. their fates unknown. in a country where people are used to levels of political violence and corruption, this incident, the disappearance of 43 students, how's galvanized public anger and opposition to a government which they say does not care. so the families, many of them farmers,

with the help of two young mexican academics based in the u.k. they're launching citizen-led forensics, a web database of dna from families of those who are missing. freed from police interference the data will be stored abroad to keep it face. this man's father has been searching for him since he was kidnapped in 2007. he helped to find the ranch why th the "stew maker" dissolved thousands of bodies in acid. >> the liquid remains that we found of bodies thrown in a pit, the government has not been able to find dna. >> protests in the 30,000 who have disappeared in mexico. >> the chants you're hear something no more disappearance. no more missing. after years, people say they're finally fed up. >> in the search for the students other bodies have been found. >> what is going to happen to these others bodies? they're going back to the mass graves without an identity? >> ernesto, one of the group's founders, is convinced that it is mexicans themselves that have to lead the way. >> the state commits the crime, and then you demand the state to bring y

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demonstrations in mexico increased and became violent this weekend as protesters accused the mexican government of reacting slowly to the disappearance and apparent murders of 43 students who attended a rural teachers college. here is carter evans. >> reporter: masked protesters tried to break into the national palace in mexico city saturday night. and threw molotov cocktails as riot police moved in. they are calling for the resignation of president enrique after it took the federal government six weeks to charge three gang members with murdering 43 students and incinerating their bodies in a landfill with a fire that burned for 14 hours. the students had traveled to the city offing iguala to collect donations and reportedly had commandeered public buses. federal authorities say the city's mayor ordered local police to attack the students out of fear they might disrupt a public event for his wife. six people were killed, and the 43 remaining students were handed over to a mexican drug gang, allegedly connected with the mayor. >> reporter: andrew steely is an expert on mexico, with th