⁍ Arrest warrants could for the first time target soldiers in the investigation into the 2014 abduction and presumed massacre of 43 students.

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⁍ The unsolved kidnapping of the young men who were training to be teachers convulsed the country.

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⁍ Calls to look into the potential role of army soldiers have intensified.

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– Mexican authorities are preparing arrest warrants that could for the first time target soldiers in the investigation into the 2014 abduction and presumed massacre of 43 students, according to three sources briefed on the new developments. The unsolved kidnapping of the young men who were training to be teachers convulsed the country and garnered international condemnation as one of the darkest examples of the government’s longstanding difficulty preventing violence or convicting those responsible. In the years since the disappearance of the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College students in southern Guerrero state, calls to look into the potential role of army soldiers have intensified, including those stationed at a nearby base at the time of the alleged abduction. “Arrest warrants are included for local, state, and federal police in Guerrero, as well as for members (of the military) of the 27th battalion,” said one source on condition of anonymity who was not authorized to speak to the media. Two other sources, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed the inclusion of soldiers among the new warrants. Neither the attorney general’s office nor representatives of a national truth commission responded to requests for comment. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who has promised a thorough investigation, told family members shortly after taking office nearly two years ago that there would be no impunity for anyone involved in the crime. Investigators in July found a bone fragment belonging to one of the student teachers, which authorities said could open new leads into the case. Before that, the remains of just one student had been definitively identified.