{"id":2877,"date":"2024-04-13T19:52:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T19:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=2877"},"modified":"2024-04-13T19:52:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T19:52:49","slug":"fugitive-police-officer-arrested-in-killing-of-college-student-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=2877","title":{"rendered":"Fugitive police officer arrested in killing of college student in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A fugitive police officer has been arrested for the killing of a student whose death inflamed tensions over one of Mexico&#8217;s worst human rights tragedies, authorities said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Yanqui Gomez, 23, was shot dead on March 7 in a confrontation with police in the southern state of Guerrero, prompting angry students to set fire to patrol cars.<\/p>\n<p>Gomez attended the Ayotzinapa college, the same teaching training center as <span class=\"link\">43 students<\/span> whose murky <span class=\"link\">disappearance<\/span> nearly a decade ago shocked the nation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"Students from Ayotzinapa Teacher Training College vandalize Guerrero Government's Palace, in Chilpancingo \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/04\/11\/d176fef7-1694-4b37-9019-64b578ccb61c\/thumbnail\/620x413\/79f6cb38f8a4a75cafccf277bf0d6a46\/2024-04-08t180550z-406435175-rc2827azhu5d-rtrmadp-3-mexico-violence-students.jpg?v=c0ff3069549804234360eec4c5e30dea 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/04\/11\/d176fef7-1694-4b37-9019-64b578ccb61c\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/eb30512679c5c9c9c9455505402b36b0\/2024-04-08t180550z-406435175-rc2827azhu5d-rtrmadp-3-mexico-violence-students.jpg?v=c0ff3069549804234360eec4c5e30dea 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">Vehicles burn, after students from Ayotzinapa Teacher Training College threw petrol bombs at the facilities of Guerrero Government&#8217;s Palace, during a protest to demand justice for their slain colleague Yanqui Kothan Gomez, in Chilpancingo, Mexico, April 8, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Oscar Guerrero \/ REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Today at dawn the police officer who killed the young man from Ayotzinapa was arrested. All those who participated are now in prison,&#8221; President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"newsletter_signup \">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-newsletter-widget embed--float-none embed--size-large embed--type-iframe\" data-ads=\"{\" wordcount=\"\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The officer was detained at a ranch protected by guards, he said at his daily news conference.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting took place a day after protesters smashed open a door to Mexico&#8217;s presidential palace demanding to meet Lopez Obrador to discuss the Ayotzinapa case.<\/p>\n<p>The 43 students had been traveling to a demonstration in Mexico City in 2014 when investigators believe they were kidnapped by a drug cartel in collusion with corrupt police.<\/p>\n<p>The exact circumstances of their disappearance are still unknown, but a truth commission set up by the government has branded the case a &#8220;state crime,&#8221; saying the military shared responsibility, either directly or through negligence.<\/p>\n<p>Arrests have been made or ordered for dozens of suspects. In 2022, federal agents arrested\u00a0<span class=\"link\">former Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam<\/span>, who oversaw the original investigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have been able to identify burned bone fragments of only three of the 43 missing students. The work largely involves searching for\u00a0<span class=\"link\">clandestine body dumping grounds<\/span>\u00a0in rural, isolated parts of the state where drug\u00a0cartels\u00a0are active. In October, officials conducted DNA tests to determine if some of the students were among\u00a0<span class=\"link\">28 charred bodies found in freshly covered mass graves<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Guerrero is among six states in Mexico that the U.S. State Department advises Americans to completely avoid, citing crime and violence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Armed groups operate independently of the government in many areas of Guerrero,&#8221; the State Department says in its\u00a0travel advisory.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/div>\n<p> Fugitive police officer arrested in killing of college student in Mexico<br \/>\n<br \/>#Fugitive #police #officer #arrested #killing #college #student #Mexico<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fugitive police officer has been arrested for the 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