Mexico confirms missing student identity

7 December 2014 Last updated at 15:12 ET
Mexico confirms missing student identity


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Ezequiel Mora attended a vigil of his son, Alexander, after his remains were identified
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Mexican Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam has confirmed that forensic experts have identified the remains of one of 43 missing students.

Mr Karam said that tests in Austria matched a piece of bone retrieved from a rubbish dump in Guerrero state to the DNA of missing student Alexander Mora.

Relatives of Mr Mora had vowed to carry on fighting for justice.

The students' disappearance in September has led to protests across Mexico against corruption and violence.

Mr Karam told journalists in Mexico City that the students were handed over by corrupt officials to a criminal gang called Guerreros Unidos (United Warriors), after taking part in a protest in the town if Iguala on 26 September. .

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