Former Mexican Official Arrested and 8 Soldiers Charged in 2014 Student Disappearance

Mexico has arrested the former head of a federal anti-kidnapping unit and charged eight soldiers in connection with the disappearance of 43 students in 2014. The students were abducted by security forces and turned over to a local drug gang, which apparently killed and burned them. Recent revelations implicate the military in the disappearances, and initial investigations into the alleged perpetrators were botched with torture, mishandling of evidence, coercion, and forced confessions.