The final chapter of #AfterAyotzinapa, our three-part investigation into the abduction of 43 Mexican students, looks at how an unexpected turn in Mexico’s politics leads to a new investigation with a new special prosecutor.
Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s election as president leads to Mexico reopening the investigation into the Ayotzinapa students.
Omar Gómez Trejo, who left Mexico in fear after accusing the previous government of a cover up in the case, is the new prosecutor.revealnews.org/podcast/after-…
As prosecutor, Gómez Trejo gathers evidence to indict members of the previous government for manipulating evidence and forcing confessions.
➡️ He would eventually get ahold of more than 50 videos showing torture by government authorities. revealnews.org/podcast/after-…
You’ll hear an exclusive interview with former middle school teacher Carlos Canto Salgado, who was a victim of torture.
He describes the night he was taken and how Mexican government bureaucrats made him sign a confession he was never allowed to read. revealnews.org/podcast/after-…
You’ll also learn that Tomás Zerón, a former top official in the original investigation, is under indictment.
➡️ Zerón was also the person who ordered the surveillance of the experts in the independent investigation. The government used an Israeli spyware tool called Pegasus.
If you’ve been listening to #AfterAyotzinapa, you know the families of the missing students have been central to the case — and our story.
In this final chapter, we give Doña Cristi, mother of missing student Benjamín Asencio Bautista, the last word. revealnews.org/podcast/after-…
#AfterAyotzinapa is the result of a two-year collaboration between Reveal and the @NSArchive, with interviews, insights and findings that have never before been heard.
It’s been over seven years since 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College in Guerrero, Mexico, were taken by armed men in the middle of the night. They were never seen again. revealnews.org/podcast/after-…
The disappearance of the #Ayotzinapa students sparked a movement. The 43 became symbols of Mexico’s forced disappearance crisis.
In recent decades, tens of thousands of people have gone missing in Mexico. Almost no one has been held accountable. revealnews.org/podcast/after-…
Why?
➡️ The culture of impunity is so ingrained that families often don’t go to police for help, believing they’re either corrupt or too afraid to investigate. revealnews.org/podcast/after-…
Citing our investigation w/@MotherJones, lawmakers have called on the US Trade Representative, the Dept. of Labor and the Dept. of Homeland Security to review allegations of “labor exploitation and forced labor in the Dominican Republic’s sugar industry.” bit.ly/33A754G
Lawmakers are also asking that upon review a comprehensive action plan be developed to remedy concerns, with a briefing update within 45 calendar days. bit.ly/33A754G
🧵 After a Reveal + @MotherJones investigation prompted action in Congress, a major Dominican sugar exporter razed workers’ homes as US diplomats drew near.
@MotherJones The homes were in a settlement in the Dominican Republic known to residents as Batey Hoyo de Puerco, or Pig Hole, and an estimated 230 Haitian cane cutters and their families lived there. motherjones.com/politics/2021/…
@MotherJones The settlement’s demolition is just one of a wave of actions taken by the billion-dollar Central Romana corporation — one of the biggest suppliers of raw sugar to the United States — following our two-year investigation released in September. bit.ly/reveal-sugar
This week on Reveal, we revisit a show we first brought you last summer — about how misinformation and conspiracy theories begin, and the damage they do when they stick around.
1️⃣ Reveal reporter @stan_alcorn digs into the origins of “Stop the Steal” and examines how it became a rallying cry among the violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol. revealnews.org/podcast/viral-…
1️⃣ Kaizar Campwala (@tsar) has been named our new CEO.
2️⃣ Sumi Aggarwal (@SumiAgg) has been appointed our editor in chief, a role she has held in an interim capacity since March 2021. revealnews.org/press/kaizar-c…
.@tsar joins us from Walt Disney Co., where he oversaw ABC News’ digital and streaming news businesses, and expanded Hulu’s news vertical.
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