Ten years ago, on September 26, 2014, 43 students from Ayotzinapa were forcibly disappeared. This is as a result of a State policy that has resorted to systematic repression to suffocate the organization of students from rural schools. Since then, the search for justice has been systematically blocked, evidencing the impunity that has protected those truly responsible. Neither the government of Enrique Peña Nieto nor the current one has given a satisfactory response or acted firmly against the culprits. The truth points to the high command of the army and other structures of state power, which have been untouchable.

The López Obrador government, despite its promises of transformation, has reproduced patterns of impunity and militarization. Far from clarifying the facts, it has chosen to consolidate military control in strategic areas of the country, ensuring that those responsible remain beyond the reach of justice. Militarization, far from responding to security needs, serves to protect the interests of monopolies and maintain repression against organizations that fight for justice and dignity. The State’s response remains the same: guarantee the impunity of the high military commanders.

With the arrival of Claudia Sheinbaum to the presidency of Mexico, it is clear that there will be no real change in the policies that have allowed impunity. This government will represent the continuity of a State that represses and silences, instead of addressing the demands of justice and truth.

Faced with this reality, the communist youth of Mexico and the world rise up in solidarity with Ayotzinapa and the Federation of Socialist Peasant Students of Mexico (FECSM). The fight for justice for the 43 is inseparable from the fight against impunity and militarization. 10 years after the Crime, we reaffirm: It was the State!

Organizations that signed in solidarity:

Communist Youth Federation – Argentina

Youth Front of the Austrian Labor Party

Young Communist Union, Brazil

Communist Youth of Bolivia

Young Communist League – Canada

Youth Vanguard, Costa Rica

Communist Youth of Ecuador

Young Communist Union, France

Communist Youth of Greece

Workers Party Youth, Ireland

Communist Youth Front, Mexico

Popular Socialist Youth, Mexico

Communist Youth Front, Italy

Palestine Young Communist Union

Paraguayan Communist Youth

Union of Socialist Youth, Romania

Revolutionary Communist Youth League (Bolshevik), Russia

Communist Youth Collectives, Spain

Communist Youth of Sweden

Swiss Communist Youth

Communist Youth of Türkiye

Communist Youth of Venezuela