Mexican government suspects mayor in students' disappearance

Mexican government suspects mayor in students' disappearance
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Mexico's attorney general said Wednesday that the mayor of the city of Iguala, Jose Luis Abarca, and his wife were the "probable masterminds" of the disappearance of 43 student-teachers last month. The students from Iguala, which is in the southwestern state of Guerrero, have not been seen since they clashed with police on Sept. 26. A gang leader told authorities that the mayor ordered police to prevent the students from disrupting a political event. Reuters has more.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.