MEXICO CITY (AP) – At least one of 43 college students missing since September has been identified among charred remains found near a garbage dump, a Mexican official confirmed Saturday.
The official said he could not provide more details on how many of the students might have been identified.
He agreed to release the information only if granted anonymity because he was 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.
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 for mayor, Jose Luis Abarca, who has since been detained.