Ayotzinapa Archives - Reveal

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After Ayotzinapa Chapter 3: All Souls

by Anayansi Diaz-Cortes, Kate Doyle, Taki Telonidis, Jess Alvarenga, David Rodriguez, Amy Mostafa, Sarah Mirk, Kassie Navarro, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Claire Mullen, Kathryn Styer Martínez, Steven Rascón, Kevin Sullivan and Al Letson January 29, 2022February 4, 2022

A mother prays that she will one day know the truth about what happened to her son.

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After Ayotzinapa

After Ayotzinapa Chapter 2: The Cover-Up

by Anayansi Diaz-Cortes, Kate Doyle, Taki Telonidis, Jess Alvarenga, David Rodriguez, Amy Mostafa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Claire Mullen, Kathryn Styer Martínez, Steven Rascón, Kevin Sullivan and Al Letson January 22, 2022February 4, 2022

In Mexico, the investigation of the attack on students leaves key questions unanswered, but a DEA agent thousands of miles away thinks he knows why they were ambushed.

After Ayotzinapa

by Reveal staff January 15, 2022October 1, 2022

In 2014, students from a rural college in Mexico came under attack by police. Six people were killed and 43 young men disappeared without a trace.

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After Ayotzinapa Chapter 1: The Missing 43

by Anayansi Diaz-Cortes, Kate Doyle, Taki Telonidis, David Rodriguez, Bruce Gil, Amy Mostafa, Sarah Mirk, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Claire Mullen, Kathryn Styer Martínez, Steven Rascón, Kevin Sullivan and Al Letson January 15, 2022February 4, 2022

From the beginning, families questioned the official story in the disappearance of 43 Mexican students. Now there’s a new search for the truth.