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Today tastes like rage, mixed with a lifetime of frustration. Today is grief covered in tears. Abuse shaped into solidarity. Bitterness turned into a chant. Pain manifested into protesters. And conscience turned into Power.

Today is the one year anniversary of the Ayotzinapa Massacre.

A day like today, 43 human beings were kidnapped by cops on their way to a protests in México. From that point forward, the details of the event vary and México goes from a quiet killing field to an intentional horror story and then quickly back to a quiet slaughterhouse.

And covering this story has been particularly painful. I am from rural México, and I lived in Guerrero for a brief time. And from my mountainside, I saw it turned from the Beautiful land of my grandparent to the most violent state in all of México. ( LINK )

Today, I approach all of you wanting to share something different. Something personal that news articles fail to translate into English. I want to share my Pain with You.

I don’t know if this is what the rest of México feels, but it’s something that i’ve definitely felt for the past year. And gathering up all these stories, and keeping up with all these instances since then has been tough on me. And I think that if you have a chance to go through a lot of these like I did, they might change you. And hopefully, you will come out of this with a lot more than just a bunch of fucking numbers and statistics.

Because if anything, I want this post to serve, not as perfect evidence for you and your friend to vouch at on some obscure political forum, but as the much needed Commentary and Context on Contemporary México and the Perfect Corruption that strangles all of Us.

And I Hope that this post gets around to those who need it.

I follow a lot of great people who helped me find all of these stories and I thank every single one of you for your hard work.

And before I get to the post, I want to say a few words… The Massacre was brutal. And the aftermath was brutal. And some of these posts may have detailed language and some even graphic photography. So, i’ve tried to write a description for a lot of these and i’ll try to make it known if any of these have any gore or disturbing images. I’ll also try to let you know what language they are written in.

And lastly, I just wanna say that none of these stories are an easy read. And I think that when talking about México, it’s important for the people on the outside to see us as humans first before anything. And I think a lot of popular media focuses too much on one extreme and gracefully ignores the other. And our ‘Human” factor gets lost in between all this. I truly do believe that there is a narrative that is being forgotten when it comes to reporting on México. And people want to avoid it… and its because its tough. Casualties are tough. Corruption is tough. Gore is tough. Losing your child to kidnapping is tough. And for most people, its easier to just ignore us and focus on the fun-facts that the Mexican government invents. But I just want to let people know we exist. We always will. Whether its on a mountainside or in the downtown area or in a different country…

We’re all here together. And we’re all tired of this shit.

Ya me cansé.

Tired of the monthly massacre.

Tired of the fortnight kidnappings.

Tired of the weekly extortion.

Tired of the daily misery.

And tired of counting tragedies.

People say that México does not fit into the dictionary definition of war… But I think I can say that it fucking looks, smells, reads, plays out, mimics, reflects, grows, lingers, and FEELS just like one. And today, on the one year anniversary of the Ayotzinapa Massacre, it tastes like a war.

Link #1: A BRIEF SUMMARY

If you don’t know much about the Ayotzinapa Massacre (or if you are only obsessed with facts and don’t care for much of anything else) then I strongly suggest the following video.

This is THE BEST summary I have seen (in English) and it entails the basics of the Massacre. I suggest this video because it also includes a lot of NEW info that is crucial.

Note: Here, I have linked a comment to consider while digesting all of this.

Here is a clean link to the actual video…

It is spoken in English Words.

https://youtu.be/NtDfpTWpYvw

Link #2: A DETAILED SUMMARY

This is one of my favorite articles on the Ayotzinapa Massacre. I strongly suggest to anyone who has time and really wants to get a detailed account.

It is written in English words.

https://stories.californiasunday.com/2015-01-04/mexico-the-disappeared-en

Link #3: #Ayotzinapa1Año

Great recap on the Ayotzinapa Massacre along with some killer commentary on Contemporary Mexico. Some of the details include the fact that this case currently has 20 fugitives out roaming the earth, 111 people detained and 0 people sentenced.

Yea… Let that sink.

This is my favorite recap of the Ayotzinapa Massacre and it is spoken in Spanish.

https://youtu.be/FthsTndwquk

Link #4: Actual Footage from the Ayotzinapa Massacre

The following link is one of the most overlooked artifacts of this tragedy. In low quality we can hear dialog being exchanged between students and armed people (I assume it is the Iguala Police)

In it, the students are asking for an ambulance because one of their classmates has been hurt. They are greeted with (with what I assume are) weapons pointed at them throughout most of the video.

In a part of the video you can hear one of the students saying something to the degree of:

“I’M RECORDING YOU, ASSHOLE! AIM! AIM! SO WE CAN SEE… HOW YOU AIM AT STUDENTS. THAT’S WHAT YOU’RE GOOD FOR. TO AIM AT THEM.”

“YOU’RE AIMING AT US. WE CAN SEE YOU”

“YOU LOOK GREAT, AIMING AT STUDENTS. THAT’S WHAT YOU’RE GOOD FOR. TO AIM AT US. TOO BAD YOU’RE NOT LIKE THIS WITH THE NARCOS”

The Video is spoken in Spanish

https://youtu.be/76JLUsPEgV0

Link #5: A History of the Drug War, Corruption, A Failing State and how this ties in to Ayotzinapa

I think in order to understand the Ayotzinapa Massacre and to go in deeper than any statistics ever will, it is important to understand (a little bit of) Mexico’s history. This 30 minute podcast goes into the Massacre but also traces back and explains how Mexico become a Drug Trafficking Utopia.

This is a great history lesson and it available for free download on itunes podcast section but you can also get it from them here:

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rearvision/mexico-and-america27s-war-on-drugs/5940460

This audio and text are spoken in English Words.

Link #6: Ayotzinapa, A Year Later

A Beautiful look inside the Ayotzinapa School and Ideology. Coverage of the protests. Coverage of the indifference by the government. Interviews with the victims of Ayotzinapa. Context and Commentary on how and why this affects Mexico.

This video is spoken in Spanish.

https://youtu.be/tBWacG9azaU

Link #7: Behind the #YaMeCanse hashtag

An overview of the Mexican Horror Story. A call for everyone who’s fed up. A call to unite. A call to find the missing 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Massacre with LIFE.

Warning: It does include brief footage of a shooting.

This video is spoken in English with Spanish Subtitles

https://youtu.be/iCH-8PyzztQ

Link #8: Behind the ‘Ya Me Canse’ catchphrase

“Ya Me Canse” means I Am Tired.

https://youtu.be/JSLAYrJaadI

Link #9: Mexican Journalists Assaulted on the Road

Raw footage of journalists on their way to a mass grave where they greeted with gun power.

https://youtu.be/t4T-lbwrAeE

(more context HERE and also HERE)

Link #10: Murdered Activists

Member of the Revolutionary Popular Front and Ayotzinapa Community Leader is decapitated.

This video is Spoken in Spanish but focuses mostly on the protests.

https://youtu.be/oilctabmr-k

Learn more about the Revolutionary Popular Front HERE.

Link #11: Inconsistencies

This video talks about some of the (MANY) holes that are being poked into the Ayotzinapa Case. And it’s not looking good for the Mexican Government.

This video is spoken in Spanish.

https://youtu.be/DglyDfVY7l0

Link #12: A Fifth Bus

So….

for almost a year, no one knew that there was a fifth bus involved in the Ayotzinapa case. This was a fact that was literally kept away from the public eye.

Let me repeat… this was a fact that was KEPT AWAY… ~UNRELEASED~

THEY DIDN’T TELL ANYBODY THIS.

I AM NOT SURE WHY

But back in 2014, the story that most people ran with was one that said something to the degree of:

Students stole 4 buses in order to go crash some political celebration. On the way there, some cops stop them. Some bullets go off. And 43 students are kidnapped by P-O-L-I-C-E OFFICERS and then handed over to drug lords. The narcos then proceed to torture/kill them and then burn them in the trash with a few tires. And then dump their ashes in the river. The End.

Until recently. A major report was done recently and it revealed that it would be scientifically impossible to burn so many human bodies with just a few tires. There was a ton of other inconsistencies and shady shit regarding the government’s official account of the massacre.

And days before the one year anniversary, right before the Mexico remembers the missing 43, before the protests start again… we have this… a fifth bus.

Yup.

Apparently there was five buses. Which we weren’t informed about.

Why weren’t we informed? “because it was too complicated”

Cool.

Now a new theory arises, some people say that this bus might have been loaded with drugs or guns.

This may have triggered the evil drug lords to kill.

And I want to say a few words here…

Let me bypass the fact that the P-O-L-I-C-E handed over KIDNAPPED HUMAN BEINGS TO DRUG TRAFFICKERS to tell you this:

In my opinion:

Ayotzinapa has now fallen victim to a phenomenon which I like to call :

“Mexico’s Tradition of Coincidence”

A lot of the time, when a massacre goes down or when a killing happens… or when shit hits the fan… it almost ALWAYS is somehow is magically linked to Drug Lords.

A photo journalist is murdered along with political activists… but drugs exist, therefore… NARCOS! [ LINK ]

22 Civilians are executed. Why? Because they are vicious drug lords who have magical fingers that can grasp on to their weapons (even after they are executed!) [ LINK ] (Warning Gore)

You get the pattern here? [ LINK ] (Warning Gore)

But this is all just coincidence right?

If I get shot, it’s because I was on the wrong path and because I am involved with vicious Drug Lords. And that is the #TRUTH that should be broadcasted on TV.

Right? Therefore, all of this shit is just a coincidence? Right? Because this is normal and the root of all evil in this country is El Chapo and friends.

Right? It is ALL just a coincidence that all these people just happened to have drugs or they happened to be assassins or happened to have guns on them. Right? This is just pure coincidence. Right?

Yes, it is.

this is a “Tradition” of Coincidence. And it happens frequently in Mexico.

Here is a video about the Fifth Bus. It talks about inconsistencies and gives us some details that are important (it is spoken in Spanish):

https://youtu.be/w2vO58khJas

(Click here for MORE context)

Link #13: Vicious Killers “confess” to 'burning’ humans

This has a lot of thumbs down for a reason. A lot of people don’t believe this. Watch yourself. These are the confessions of the people who burned them… allegedly.

https://youtu.be/hgwjvDXEbkI

It’s in Spanish.

Here is another link to it [ LINK ]

Here is to a longer version [ LINK ]

Link #14 The Vicious Assassins are actually just tortured construction workers.

Yup.

Did you click those video links above? The one that had all those negative ratings.

The ones with the evil drug cartel members who 'confess’ to 'burning’ the students?

Well… we have news for people who believe that and it’s written in Spanish:

http://regeneracion.mx/causas-justas/ayotzinapa-los-sicarios-solo-albaniles-torturados/

(More context available HERE)

(Original source available HERE)

Link #15: Doctor in Mexico breaks her silence on Ayotzinapa… and gets threats

The doctor who took care of some of the Ayotzinapa victims was fired. She went out of her way to aid them.

She also breaks her silence on what she saw that night. The lack of empathy by the government.

She was threatened various times.

“Calm down, or we will turn you into bits”

The Hospital she worked at is owned by the federal government.

This video is in Spanish

https://youtu.be/TwBwJHuWAQ8

Link #16: Justice For Ayotzinapa

A 30 minute audio podcast reflecting back on the night of the Massacre and the brutal aftermath endured. Features interviews with parents of the massacre. Here are some choice quote:

“We are still trying to find out what happened that day. There is something that the government doesn’t understand or doesn’t want to understand. Or perhaps doesn’t want to accept”

“Now with the results that experts have offered in present day about this case, it is becoming very clear that the government version of what happened is not Truth. Or at least the atrocity did not take place the way the government said. They are giving us the boys bone-by-bone. It is unfair. Almost one year after the event the government gave us another bone that is apparently another boy. The truth is they are not 100% sure. They are 72% sure that MAYBE this one belongs to another boy. Why do they need to keep hurting those 43 families? Can you imagine how hurtful it is every time that they say something like this?”

“The Authorities should not claim to have the Truth is they are not 100% sure”

“Where were the bodies incinerated?”

“We think that if the boys were incinerated, it took place in a military base”

And she has a point.

Remember that experts said that it is impossible to burn THAT MANY bodies with just simply a few tires? So where else could they have been burned?

A lot of this is starting to make sense.

This podcast is spoken in English and Spanish. It is mostly spanish though

http://www.3cr.org.au/accentofwomen/episode-201509220830/justice-ayotzinapa-one-year-anniversary

Link #17: A Message from Guerreros Unidos

The name of the evil drug gang that killed the students is supposed to be “Guerreros Unidos”

Here is what they had to say, in a narco-communique aimed at their rivals “Los Rojos”

“The same way we threw those students in the water (turned to dust) is going to happen to all the Rojos if you stay on our territory.”

https://youtu.be/zR1HnzQlBNA

Link #18: Chronicle of a State Crime

A Trailer for an up-and-coming documentary on the film

Spoken in Spanish, Subtitled in English

https://youtu.be/8Qli9Z38Cr8

Link #19: The Missing 43 (by Vice)

Vice News’ documentary on the missing 43

A lot of really good interviews in this one.

https://youtu.be/0jt-urgNN3A

Link #20: 60 Mass Graves. None of them with our students

So in the state of Guerrero alone, they found 60 d.i.y. graves

129 bodies. None of them belong to our students.

And most of the bodies aren’t even recognizable.

And I want to remind you that this is happening in ONE STATE INSIDE OF THE COUNTRY KNOWN AS MEXICO.

Imagine how many MORE graves are around our country.

This article is written in English

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/27/mexico-search-missing-students-129-bodies

Link #21: Behavior of a Suspect

The Mayor of Iguala (Jose Luis Abarca) and his his wife are the person most people pin as the brains behind the Ayotzinapa massacre.

This is Spanish speaking about a possible criminal upbringing:

https://youtu.be/K15WPOKZNjU

Link #22: An Arrest

This is a video of Iguala Mayor, Jose Luis Abarca and his wife being arrested. It doesn’t help much. But there are some things about it that are interesting.

Look at how the mayor is allowed checked through a few things before being arrested. Pretty chill right?

At 3:50 you get a long hard look at the face of Abarca’s wife, Maria. Looks don’t solve anything. But something about her stare is so unsettling.

This video is in Spanish:

https://youtu.be/bJYU60oLwXc

Link #23 The First Lady of Crime

According to reports and testimony, the Mayor of Iguala’s wife was a fucking scary person.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2831163/The-bloody-rise-Mexico-s-Lady-murder-Beautiful-utterly-evil-mayor-s-wife-ordered-massacre-43-students-Boss-Bosses-cartel-TWO-killings-disappearances.html

Link #24: A Kidnapped Mother In Law

Fair Warnings: I do not know if this video is real or not. I cannot find any information if the person in this video is actually the mother in law of Jose Luis Abarca. I don’t know if she is still alive. I don’t know if she has passed.

But this video may or may not be the mother in law of Iguala Mayor, Jose Luis Abarca, confessing to his criminal ties to the Guerreros Unidos drug cartel among other shady shit.

“My son in law protect Guerreros Unidos”

Warning: This could be actual footage of a kidnapped person. It is in Spanish.

https://youtu.be/nEx0gC8FLI4

Link #25 The Military VS. Ayotzinapa

I remember back when the case was still fresh, hearing time after time that the military was not involved in any shape way or form. The mainstream news outlets kept telling us that they did not know about the attacks and that this is why they did NOT 'help.’

This was supposed to be the #TRUTH and it was supposed to be #FACT.

But oh no! What is this!? Its pictures that the military took of some students. They were taken the night of the massacre.

Oh no! What does this mean?!

Why would you literally lie about this? What do you get out of this?

This link is in Spanish

http://www.sopitas.com/449173-ejercito-sabia-sedena-revela-fotos-y-reportes-de-ayotzinapa/

Link #26: Ayotzinapa and GPS

Some of these students had phones on them. One of them, Rafael, had GPS on their cellphone. And according to the GPS, the student was inside Military Barracks.

Thus further spreading the hashtag #FueElEjercito #ItWasTheArmy

This video and article are in spanish.

https://youtu.be/4jHfdIx8mUA

(More Context HERE)

Link #27: The Last Words

Some students had cellphones. The last words of one of the students were sent as a text to their mom. And it reads:

“Mom, can you put a recharge on my phone? It’s urgent”

and then this student was never heard from again.

The Text is in Spanish

http://valortamaulipeco.blogspot.com/2015/09/ayotzinapa-mama-me-puedes-poner-una.html

Link #28: TALKING STRAIGHT TO THE PRESIDENT’S FACE

This is a parent, father of one of the Ayotzinapa Victims. He talks straight to the president’s face. He calls out the military straight to the president’s face. He recalls all the gore we’ve lived through, straight to the president’s face.

Here is a choice quote: “I believe that if you don’t have the capability to give us an answer NOW, then you TOO should be thinking the same thing as the governor of Guerrero”

Again, I am reminding you that the president is literally sitting there. And he is staring blankly.

This video is spoken in Spanish words

https://youtu.be/j7V7srwluFQ

Link #29: ASSASSIN!

The man in this video helped Iguala Mayor, Jose Luis Abarca, reach his throne. What happened to him?

Students let him know how much they appreciated this gesture.

They’re yelling straight to his face and calling him an Assassin.

This video is in spanish…. enjoy:

https://youtu.be/YjK-YgK1CrA

Link #30: Gore

One of the victims of the Ayotzinapa massacre was kidnapped and later returned with their face sliced off.

Warning though: THESE ARE INCREDIBLY GRAPHIC. AS IN, DEAD PEOPLE. AS IN, GORE.IF MATERIAL LIKE THIS UPSETS, PLEASE DON’T CLICK THESE LINKS.

The story is available here in Spanish.

http://www.proyectodiez.mx/la-historia-de-julio-cesar-mondragon-estudiante-asesinado-de-ayotzinapa/

Another Angle Available [HERE]

Vice News did a thing on this too. It’s available [HERE]

Link #31: The Military VS. Ayotzinapa (The Sequel)

In a talk about Ayotzinapa, a Mexican ex-general confirmed that the army does in fact have clandestine jails. He recalls cases where 'missing’ people were kept there for up to 30 years. Which leads him to belive that the students can be Alive. He says that the facts also point in the direction of a State Crime.

A choice quote:

“The Mexican government knows exactly where missing students from Ayotzinapa are at”

The article is here in Spanish:

http://notigodinez.com/el-ejercito-sabe-donde-estan-los-43-normalistas-tiene-carceles-clandestinas-ocultas-ex-general-gallardo/

Link #32: Protesters raid Television

Protesters went into a Mexican TV station and took over. Here is what happened.

They were looking for the missing 43.

The Video is in Spanish

https://youtu.be/popfa6Mhh54

Link #33: Forty Three Hour Hunger Strike

The parents of the Missing 43 are scheduled to meet the president of Mexico.

Some decided to schedule a hunger strike beforehand.

This is in English:

http://news.yahoo.com/parents-43-missing-students-begin-hunger-strike-mexico-024904823.html

Link #34: Dirty War

A campaign to discredit the new (and scientific) findings of the GIEI report.

Yup. It’s in Spanish.

https://youtu.be/Lg89YlikDwQ

Link #35: The “Unofficial” Story

Mexican Magazine, Proceso, gathered up information and found a story that did not match up with the one given out by the Mexican Government. You can read, watch and listen to some of it here:

http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=390560

Link #36: Military Testimony. From 36 People.

More reasons to suspect the levels of involvement in the case. Anabel Hernandez also says that the military may have destroyed evidence that they themselves may have created.

Link is in Spanish: https://youtu.be/ZmlLRiEF-r8

Link #37: A Timeline

This is a great timeline by Think Mexican. It is in English:

http://thinkmexican.tumblr.com/post/128611025282/ayotzinapa-timeline-and-questions

Link #38 Narco Mantas

Brother of a SUPER-FAMOUS Mexican singer has been called out on his ties to the Missing 43 via Narco-Propaganda. The Narco-Text says that one of the buses had drugs in it. And that This brother has answers.

Warning: Brief glimpses of bodies.

This video is in Spanish.

https://youtu.be/Z9A4KQH09rs

Link #39: THREATS

Father of one of the Ayotzinapa Students is threatened. He recorded it all.

It is in Spanish.

https://youtu.be/M5yFDya99nk

Link #40: ASKING FOR HELP

Parents of the Missing 43 are asking for help from a Drug Lord known as “El Carrete” leader of Los Rojos. A rival drug gang of Guerreros Unidos (mentioned before in this post).

Narco-Proganda was hung up around Moreles that said the brother of Mexican Singer Joan Sebastian had information on the missing 43. He also said the Mexican government is planning to kill him so we won’t speak the truth of the Ayotzinapa massacre. And he offered to talk to the parents to 'take the bandage away from their eyes’ by spilling the truth out to them.

This video is in Spanish:

https://youtu.be/Q-Pnj0EWnnQ

Link #41: El Gil

A Leader of a cell of the Guerreros Unidos drug cartel was named the author of the Ayotzinapa Massacre.

What do you think after all this?

The link is in Spanish:

http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=415659

Link #42: How many are missing?

Interviews with victims. And how the Ayotzinapa Massacre gave people a voice.

They also talk about the poor justice system and the mass kidnapping that plagues our country.

This video is spoken in Spanish but subtitled in English

http://interactives.ap.org/2015/mexico-disappeared/

Link #43: The Monster in the Mountains

A short documentary spoken in Spanish and subtitled in English

https://youtu.be/Yq7IGqGAcX4

Link #44: Goodbye President

The President of Mexico will be out of the country the day of the Anniversary of the Ayotzinapa Massacre.

This link is in Spanish:

http://www.mientrastantoenmexico.mx/24029/2015/09/24/epn-se-ausentara-del-pais-en-el-primer-aniversario-de-ayotzinapa/

Link #45: Anniversary!

A very good reflection on the Ayotzinapa massacre that I recommend.

It’s in Spanish.

http://www.mientrastantoenmexico.mx/24049/2015/09/24/primer-aniversario/

Link #46: Breaking Bad

Normalista Teacher turned Meth Kingpin turned Video Vlogger turned Prisoner, La Tuta, releases audio podcasts and videos. He does that a lot.

In this podcast he talks about Ayotzinapa.

A choice quote: “People of Ayotzinapa, us (the criminals) have been stupid. We’ve made mistakes. I myself in Michoacan never got in the way of the students. And I ask God, the all powerful Father, that your children are well.”

It is in Spanish, and the Ayotzinapa comment starts at around the 13 minute mark.

https://youtu.be/fTfjUkyj4nc

Link #47: The First Student Identified

This link is in English

http://mashable.com/2014/12/07/kidnapped-mexican-student-identified/#G3RY8a7rfaqb

Link #48: The Second Student Identified

This Link is in Spanish

https://youtu.be/xZ0khEmtSko

Link #49: A Letter from the Missing 43

A speech Given in Spanish by one of the parents of the Missing 43.

A Speech that moved me to Tears.

https://youtu.be/5yR5oUc2sy0