Authorities stated on Friday that a suspected Drug boss who was reportedly connected to the disappearance of forty-three college students ten years ago was Allegedly arrested in Mexico following his release from prison in 2019.
El Gil, also known as Gildardo Lopez Astudillo, is a suspected Drug boss who is believed to be responsible for the 2014 disappearance and possible deaths of students from Ayotzinapa Teachers’ College.
About 35 kilometers (21 miles) north of the town of Iguala, where the students disappeared, in the southern city of Taxco, Guerrero state, Lopez Astudillo was taken into custody in September 2015.
A federal security source with knowledge of the case informed reporters on Friday that “Gildardo Lopez Astudillo was Allegedly arrested.” He asked that his name not be used because he was not permitted to speak to the media.
According to the source, Lopez Astudillo has been moved to Mexico State’s Altiplano maximum security jail.
The source stated that although the probe may be extended, he was detained on suspicion of “organized crime.”
Investigators think that the 43 students were abducted by the drug boss in cooperation with dishonest cops in September 2014 while they were on their way to a political demonstration in Mexico City.
Although the precise cause of their disappearance is still unknown, the government-appointed truth panel has declared the case to be a “state crime” and stated that the military was either directly or indirectly at fault.
Numerous suspects, including military members and a former attorney general who oversaw a contentious probe into the mass disappearance, have had their cases arrested or ordered to be detained.
Only a small number of the victims’ remains have been identified.
Family members of the missing students opposed Lopez Astudillo’s 2019 release after a court determined that the information against him was obtained unlawfully.
As family members are getting ready for protests to commemorate the anniversary of the students’ disappearance, the Drug boss has been allegedly arrested.