Mexico: At least 1 of 43 missing students ID'd

Source: AP-Excite

By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO and MARIA VERZA

MEXICO CITY (AP) — At least one of 43 college students missing since September has been identified among charred remains found near a garbage dump, two Mexican officials confirmed Saturday.

The two could not provide more details on how many of the students might have been identified.

They agreed to speak only if granted anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press.

A family member of a missing student told The Associated Press that the remains were of Alexander Mora. The families were given that information late Friday by an Argentine team of forensic experts working on behalf of the relatives and with the Attorney General's Office, said the relative, who also would speak only on condition of anonymity.

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FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2014 file photo, a university student is reflected in a glass display case containing the photos of the missing 43 students of the Rural Normal School of Ayotzinapa, Mexico, at the Central American University, UCA, in Managua, Nicaragua. At least one of the 43 college students missing since September has been identified among charred remains found near a garbage dump, a Mexican official confirmed Saturday, Dec. 5, 2014. A family member of one of the students, Alexander Mora, confirmed that the remains identified so far were Mora's. The students went missing Sept. 26 after confrontations with police that killed three students and three bystanders in the southern city of Iguala. The attorney general has said they were attacked by police on orders of Iguala's mayor. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

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