On the 26th of September, municipal police from Iguala and Cocula attacked a group of students from la Escuela Normal Rural Isidro Burgos de Ayotzinapa. All signs point to the ex Mayor of Iguala, José Luis Abarca Velázquez, and his wife María de los Ángeles Pineda Villa, as the individuals who ordered this attack. The result: six deaths, 25 injured, and 43 missing students.
A little more than a month after this incident, the public outrage continues to crescendo, manifested in daily protests in Mexico City and around the country. The rage also trickles down our computer screens, in Twitter feeds and Facebook posts that demand the safe return of the disappeared students. Recently, more than 100 Mexican illustrators and designers came together to express their feelings of fury and deep sadness over this crimes. The initiative invited all Mexican visual artists to illustrate one missing student, using the technique of their choosing, and post it on social media ya me cansé del miedo
Though the cause is tragic, it undeniably proves the intense solidarity and strength of Mexico’s youth in these moments. In the last month, young Mexicans have organized protests, rallies and movements like this all over the country and the world, to demonstrate that there is still hope, that Mexico’s youth demand an answer and a democracy we can participate in, that this impunity infuriates us, and we ask for international support by using and free tool at our disposal, to raise our voices and be heard.