When studying areas of conflict, other deviant acts often coincide such as corruption, lack of law, violence, etc . Corruption can be seen as a part of the long equation which equals conflict throughout Mexico. The corruption that occurs in Mexico is related to massive kidnappings and killings, drug violence, and its treacherous government. The Merriam Webster defines corruption as a dishonest or illegal behavior especially by powerful people (such as government officials or police officers); the act of corrupting someone or something; something that has been changed from its original form. All three of these definitions describe the Mexican government 's involvement with the tragic killing of forty-three Ayotzinapa college students. In 2015,
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How could forty-three students be disappeared, and who had ordered municipal police to detain innocent students? As the investigation continued investigators discovered that the Mayor of Iguala, Jose Luis Abarca had called police officials to detain the students that night in order for his wife, Maria de los Angeles Pineda to have a peaceful and protest-free event. Investigators also discovered the chief of police to be involved with the crime as well. On September 28 just two days after the attack, twenty-two municipal officers were arrested, however the chief of police, Mayor Abarca and his wife were nowhere to be found. Abarca and his wife quickly disappeared and were not discovered and arrested until November 4th in a run-down house in Mexico City, nearly two months after the tragedy. Maria de los Angeles Pineda was discovered to have family relations with the drug cartel “Guerreros Unidos”, including fundings toward the drug cartel. However because of the corruption that takes place in Mexico, it is often normal to hear if the government is associated with drug cartels. President Pena Nieto had canceled a recent trip to Guerrero which many Mexican citizens interpreted as showing a lack of importance toward the case. When asked about the incident of the 43 missing students, President Pena Nieto said, “The state government must assume its own responsibility to face what’s happen” (Gibler). In Vamik Volkan’s Bloodlines, he
How could forty-three students be disappeared, and who had ordered municipal police to detain innocent students? As the investigation continued investigators discovered that the Mayor of Iguala, Jose Luis Abarca had called police officials to detain the students that night in order for his wife, Maria de los Angeles Pineda to have a peaceful and protest-free event. Investigators also discovered the chief of police to be involved with the crime as well. On September 28 just two days after the attack, twenty-two municipal officers were arrested, however the chief of police, Mayor Abarca and his wife were nowhere to be found. Abarca and his wife quickly disappeared and were not discovered and arrested until November 4th in a run-down house in Mexico City, nearly two months after the tragedy. Maria de los Angeles Pineda was discovered to have family relations with the drug cartel “Guerreros Unidos”, including fundings toward the drug cartel. However because of the corruption that takes place in Mexico, it is often normal to hear if the government is associated with drug cartels. President Pena Nieto had canceled a recent trip to Guerrero which many Mexican citizens interpreted as showing a lack of importance toward the case. When asked about the incident of the 43 missing students, President Pena Nieto said, “The state government must assume its own responsibility to face what’s happen” (Gibler). In Vamik Volkan’s Bloodlines, he