Some people in Mexico think that the government had more culpability in the disappearance of the 43 students from Ayotzinapa than it’s admitted. Now, an activist who advocated for the missing students has been found murdered, and his associates are pointing the finger at politicos.
The well-known activist had organized mobilizations demanding the safe return of the 43 forcibly disappeared Ayotzinapa students.
Alejandro Gustavo Salgado, an activist with the Popular Revolutionary Front (FPR), was found dead Wednesday only hours after being reported missing.
The president of the FPR has declared his death a “political crime.” The FPR is the grassroots wing of the Communist Party of Mexico (Marxist-Leninist).
Local police in the state of Morelos reported the discovery of a body of a man with his hands and head cut off near the town of Moyotepec. Local media also reported that the body showed signs of torture.
Mexican authorities issued a statement that they suspect elements associated with organized crime are behind the assassination of Salgado.
However, supporters of the FPR place the responsibility on the shoulders Morelos Governor Graco Luis Ramírez Garrido. In a statement posted online, the organization declared “that if it indeed was organized crime, they were under the orders of the government.”
Mexico is complicated stew of competing interests and transient loyalties, with more intrigue than a telenovela.