Five years ago today, 43 students were disappeared by force in Ayotzinapa, Mexico. To this day, their whereabouts are unknown. It’s harrowing.

I remember walking into the campus of the Ayotzinapa Rural Teacher’s College last year. Posters of the disappeared were plastered on almost every wall, frozen faces in images that were only intended for administrative use.

I can’t imagine returning to the school to see the rows of empty chairs still rooted to the basketball court. I don’t even want to think about how the lives of the parents and friends of the disappeared have become an unending fight for truth.

The fate of the 43 has become a symbol for the deeply entrenched problem of enforced disappearance in Mexico. Over 4000 people are reported as missing every year. Few cases are ever resolved.

The Mexican state is unwilling to deal with this issue, and there is a staggering lack of justice that extends far beyond the Ayotzinapa case. Behind each name there is a family and a search. It’s unbelievable.

I hope this will be the last anniversary of the Ayotzinapa disappearance.

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