The Forced Disappearance of the Ayotzinapa 43
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03/10/22 • 58 min
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When a group of students from a rural college in Guerrero, Mexico, attempted to find transportation to a protest, their arrival in nearby Iguala was not received well. Confronted by police, students and civilians were fired upon, killing 6 and injuring 25. Most egregious of all, 43 students were forcibly disappeared with hardly a trace in what is likely a case of state-sanctioned violence and collusion between the police and a local cartel. Join us today as Briana goes through the twists and turns of this unsolved case.
Sources we used for this episode:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayotzinapa_Rural_Teachers%27_College
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Iguala_mass_kidnapping
- https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2021/10/this-is-what-happened-to-the-43-missing-students-from-ayotzinapa/
- https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/former-ayotzinapa-suspect-says-feds-offered-4mn/
- https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/independent-group-of-experts-to-continue-investigating-ayotzinapa/
- https://www.occrp.org/en/the-pegasus-project/grieving-parents-of-murdered-mexican-students-on-list-of-suspected-targets-of-military-grade-israeli-spyware
- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/9/27/ayotzinapa-43-four-years-on-renewed-hope-for-finding-truth
- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/main-suspect-case-mexico-s-missing-43-students-absolved-attorneys-n1049631
- https://www.runningforayotzinapa43.com/
- https://www.thedailybeast.com/we-finally-know-how-43-ayotzinapa-students-on-a-bus-vanished-into-thin-air
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-57498250
- https://www.wola.org/analysis/ayotzinapa-seventh-anniversary/
- https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/28/americas/mexico-missing-students-six-years-later-intl/index.html
- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/mexican-president-confirms-witness-implicated-soldiers-kidnapping-43-college-students-n1255298
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/07/dna-identifies-second-mexican-student-43-disappeared-ayotzinapa
- https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2019/9/26/case-of-43-ayotzinapa-missing-students-unresolved-five-years-on
- https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/26/world/americas/Ayotzinapa-mexico-students-anniversary.html
- https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/10/04/ayotzinapa-anniversary-amlo-mexico-impunity-security-forced-disappearance-justice/
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/parents-of-missing-mexico-students-want-answers-6-years-on/2020/09/24/b7c5ec06-febd-11ea-b0e4-350e4e60cc91_story.html
- https://www.animalpolitico.com/2020/11/...
When a group of students from a rural college in Guerrero, Mexico, attempted to find transportation to a protest, their arrival in nearby Iguala was not received well. Confronted by police, students and civilians were fired upon, killing 6 and injuring 25. Most egregious of all, 43 students were forcibly disappeared with hardly a trace in what is likely a case of state-sanctioned violence and collusion between the police and a local cartel. Join us today as Briana goes through the twists and turns of this unsolved case.
Sources we used for this episode:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayotzinapa_Rural_Teachers%27_College
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Iguala_mass_kidnapping
- https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2021/10/this-is-what-happened-to-the-43-missing-students-from-ayotzinapa/
- https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/former-ayotzinapa-suspect-says-feds-offered-4mn/
- https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/independent-group-of-experts-to-continue-investigating-ayotzinapa/
- https://www.occrp.org/en/the-pegasus-project/grieving-parents-of-murdered-mexican-students-on-list-of-suspected-targets-of-military-grade-israeli-spyware
- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/9/27/ayotzinapa-43-four-years-on-renewed-hope-for-finding-truth
- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/main-suspect-case-mexico-s-missing-43-students-absolved-attorneys-n1049631
- https://www.runningforayotzinapa43.com/
- https://www.thedailybeast.com/we-finally-know-how-43-ayotzinapa-students-on-a-bus-vanished-into-thin-air
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-57498250
- https://www.wola.org/analysis/ayotzinapa-seventh-anniversary/
- https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/28/americas/mexico-missing-students-six-years-later-intl/index.html
- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/mexican-president-confirms-witness-implicated-soldiers-kidnapping-43-college-students-n1255298
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/07/dna-identifies-second-mexican-student-43-disappeared-ayotzinapa
- https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2019/9/26/case-of-43-ayotzinapa-missing-students-unresolved-five-years-on
- https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/26/world/americas/Ayotzinapa-mexico-students-anniversary.html
- https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/10/04/ayotzinapa-anniversary-amlo-mexico-impunity-security-forced-disappearance-justice/
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/parents-of-missing-mexico-students-want-answers-6-years-on/2020/09/24/b7c5ec06-febd-11ea-b0e4-350e4e60cc91_story.html
- https://www.animalpolitico.com/2020/11/...
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Sources we used for this episode:
- https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Chris_Benoit_double_murder-suicide
- https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Chris_Benoit#Personal_life
- https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/WWE#Wellness_Program
- https://www.actionnews5.com/story/6728575/anonymous-wikipedia-user-admits-altering-benoit-profile-says-edits-were-based-on-rumors/
- https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/chronic-traumatic-encephalopathy/symptoms-causes/syc-20370921
- https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Nancy_Benoit
- https://www.nexttv.com/news/benoit-take-care-dogs-369621
- https://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/chris-benoit-used-crippler-hold-to-kill-his-son-57169988
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The Death of Emma Jane Walker
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If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic abuse, please call one of the numbers below to get them help:
US National Domestic Abuse Hotline
800-799-7233
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Please consider making a donation in honor of Emma to Young-Williams Animal Center, East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, or the Emma Walker Memorial Scholarship at Central High School. You can do so by mailing a donation to the following address:
Attn: Emma Walker Memorial Scholarship
Central High School
5321 Jacksboro Pike
Knoxville, TN 37918
Sources we used for this episode:
- https://stanfordartsreview.com/2021/07/11/who-is-emma-jane-walker-emma-walker-death-tragic-story/
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173098153/emma-jane-walker
- https://www.chillingcrimes.com/blogs/news/emma-walker
- https://people.com/crime/emma-walker-knoxville-murder-mom/
- https://www.wvlt.tv/content/news/Jury-reaches-verdict-in-cheerleader-murder-trial-482108121.html
- https://www.wate.com/news/crime/new-trial-motion-filed-by-riley-gaul-in-murder-case-of-emma-walker/
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