AYOTZINAPA: 10 Years Searching for Truth and Justice

Omar Gomez Trejo,  Sylvanna Falcón, and Lene Guercke

September 25, 2024

A display of photos and posters highlighting the missing Ayotzinapa students. (Photo by Jorge Mejia Peralta.)

Event Description

On September 26, 2014, 43 students in Guerrero, Mexico were detained and disappeared by police in collusion with organized crime, leading to massive national and international protests and worldwide media attention. The investigation (and attempts to cover it up have) has persisted for 10 years and remains unfinished, as parents of the students continue to demand justice and the return of their children. New information and evidence continue to surface. This event will include a special screening of the BBC’s Disappeared: Mexico’s Missing 43.

Speakers

Omar Gomez Trejo is a former lead prosecutor for the case and current visiting researcher at Berkeley’s Human Rights Center at Human Rights Center.

Sylvanna Falcón is a Professor, founder and director of the Human Rights Investigations Lab for the Americas at the Dolores Huerta Research Center for the Americas, UC Santa Cruz.

Lene Guercke is a Senior Researcher, Investigations at the Human Rights Center

Co-sponsorship

Presented in collaboration with the Human Rights Center, the Latin American Leadership Society, Berkeley, The Miller Institute for Global Challenges and the Law, Berkeley Journalism, La Alianza at Berkeley Law, and the Berkeley Law Human Rights Clinic.