Thousands protest ahead of Mexican president’s report on missing students

Thousands of protesters wore red and carried symbolic coffins during a demonstration in Mexico City on Sept 26, demanding answers about the 43 trainee teachers who went missing 12 years ago.



Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who regularly meets with the disappeared's families, is expected to present a report on Sept 28 on the latest progress in the case, following an exhaustive review of the evidence by the attorney-general's office.



"Because they were taken alive, we want them back alive," one banner slogan read.



The protest was led by parents of the 43 teacher trainees from Ayotzinapa, who led the procession to the capital's main square, where the government palace is located.



Others counted to 43 several times to honour each of the trainees from the rural teachers' college who disappeared on Sept 26, 2014.



"Another year of strain, of exhaustion, of hopelessness," Estanislao Mendoza, one of the parents of the 43, told AFP.



"We want to know, whether it's good or bad, alive or dead, but to know the truth, to know where they are," he said. "Twelve years of suffering, of lies."