Video: These are the Parents from Ayotzinapa

Yesterday, three of the parents of the 43 abducted students from Ayotzinapa, Mexico, who spent over a month touring the United States raising awareness over their plight, were detained by the Mexican authorities. Clemente Rodríguez, Emiliano Navarrete and Bernabé Abraján Gaspar were stopped in Alpuyecas, in the state of Morelos, and were accused of traveling in a stolen vehicle.

The parents reminded the authorities that the car they were using to drive to Mexico City (to further discuss the situation of their missing sons) was given to them by the state of Guerrero, where the town that hosts the College of Ayotzinapa, Tixtla, is. They were promptly set free. But this was a reminder of the many obstacles as they demand justice for their missing sons.

This is why we want to share this video we recorded with Rodríguez and José Antonio Tizapa (another one of the parents) when they spoke in front of the United Nations building in New York, about a month ago, as a way to close the Caravana 43 journey.

 

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