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Mexico offers $110K reward for help finding 43 missing students

Authorities have so far arrested 50 people in connection with the attack, mostly local police.

By JC Finley
The Government of Mexico, led by President Enrique Peña Nieto, has posted a $110,000 reward for information leading to the location of 43 missing college students who disappeared after clashing with police on Sept. 26, 2014 in Iguala. (UPI/ Ron Sachs/Pool)
The Government of Mexico, led by President Enrique Peña Nieto, has posted a $110,000 reward for information leading to the location of 43 missing college students who disappeared after clashing with police on Sept. 26, 2014 in Iguala. (UPI/ Ron Sachs/Pool) | License Photo

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- The Government of Mexico has posted a 1.5 million pesos ($110,000) reward for information leading to the location of 43 missing college students who disappeared Sept. 26 after clashing with police in the town of Iguala.

The reward has been publicized in Mexico's major newspapers.

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The search for the missing students has resulted in the discovery of 19 mass graves in the vicinity of Iguala. DNA testing confirmed that 28 bodies found in one of the mass graves were not those of the missing students. DNA testing on remains found in the other graves is ongoing.

Authorities have so far arrested 50 people, mostly local police, in connection with the Sept. 26 attack, which occurred as students from Normal Rural de Ayotzinapa attempted to leave Iguala in Guerrero state aboard three commercial buses they had earlier commandeered, a common practice among students of the school and largely tolerated. Police blocked the buses and then opened fire. A number of students were taken away by the police and 43 were ultimately reported missing.

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