This article by Dana Estrada, Montserrat Maldonado, and Aldo Canedo originally appeared in the September 26, 2025 edition of El Sol de México.
The outcry against the so-called Fourth Transformation reached the parents of the 43 Ayotzinapa students, who accused the government of President Claudia Sheinbaum and the Mexico City government of being corrupt, repressive, and engaged in cover-ups.
In front of the National Palace, but separated by dozens of fences, the student teachers marched for the eleventh consecutive time and insisted on asking the government for progress in the investigations, to stop covering up for the Army, and to hand over the remaining 800 pages of the National Defense intelligence reports.
“The surprising thing here is that these elected governments claimed to put the poor first, the people first, and that there would be no repression. We’re telling them they’re scoundrels, that they don’t act on their promises, that unfortunately, they’re similar to the other parties. They say they’re not the same; they’re exactly the same, corrupt, repressive,” said Mario González, father of César Manuel González Hernández.
With angry faces, under a light drizzle and with firecrackers exploding in the background, the parents and their legal representative, Isidoro Vicario Aguilar, insisted to the government to speed up the investigations and extradite Ulises Bernabé N, a local judge implicated in the disappearance of the students, and Tomás Zerón, former head of the Criminal Investigation Agency.
“From here we can tell the President that these are not provocations, but rather the weariness we 43 parents have for not producing results, for always covering up for those who participated on September 26th,” said Mario González.
The march drew around five thousand attendees, including approximately 20 different teacher training colleges, search groups, students, and civil organizations that joined the day of commemoration.
“Eleven years have passed until this date, until tonight, and we have nothing, it’s incredible (…) For us, it’s as if it were yesterday, and here we are. We tell the President to get to work,” said Mr. Epifanio Álvarez.
Upon reaching the Zócalo square, a group of protesters with their faces covered began throwing smoke bombs and firecrackers at police officers standing in front of 5 de Mayo Street.
During the attack, the authorities were called on to “protect the businesses and walls more than the students.” The group of protesters also looted a convenience store, throwing bottles of water, juice, cookies, and ice cream at the other protesters.
Chanting “They took them alive, we want them back alive,” students, organizations, and unions marched in Mexico City commemorating the 11th anniversary of the forced disappearance of the 43 student teachers.
Leaving the Angel of Independence, the protesters recalled that more than a decade has passed and the case remains unpunished.
Natalia, a 20-year-old student at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), called on Mexican government authorities to continue investigating those responsible for the September 2014 attack.
“Three six-year terms have passed, and no one can say who gave the order to disappear them. There is still no version that refutes the so-called historical truth,” she shared in an interview with El Sol de México.
Protected by jackets, raincoats, and umbrellas, the protesters advanced along Paseo de la Reforma and Insurgentes streets toward the capital’s main square.
Ana, a 26-year-old graduate of the Normal School, lamented that “she was able to graduate and become a teacher, but the 43 weren’t.”
“I teach, I graduated, and I finished. They couldn’t do it. It’s as if being young and fighting for better conditions in the country were the real crime,” she added.
Counting from one to 43, students from UNAM and other educational institutions demanded justice for those they consider their peers from another generation.
“Ayotzinapa lives, the struggle continues” and “We are all Ayotzinapa” were some of the slogans chanted by the contingents during the march.
Upon arriving at the capital’s Zócalo, some of the protesters called on President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo to ensure that her administration not end without continuing the investigation into the students, especially regarding their whereabouts.
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