Four 9th-grade students from St. Anthony High School in Visakhapatnam went missing after being inspired by the movie Lucky Bhaskar, which depicts a character rising to wealth through illegal means. Believing they could achieve similar success, the students escaped from their hostel, as captured on CCTV. Their disappearance has prompted a police investigation, with efforts to track them using footage from transportation hubs. The incident has sparked concerns about the influence of films on young minds.
Two federal detectives searching for 43 missing students in Mexico's Guerrero state have disappeared, prompting President López Obrador to launch a search effort. The disappearances highlight the breakdown of law and order in the state, where drug cartels are active. Guerrero has been plagued by the case of the missing students since 2014, and tensions have flared between the president and the students' families, who accuse him of not doing enough to investigate. The involvement of drug cartels in the region has led to a situation where parts of the country are effectively under their control, as acknowledged by the US director of national intelligence.
Two federal detectives searching for 43 missing students who disappeared in Mexico almost ten years ago have themselves gone missing, prompting a search effort. The disappearances highlight the breakdown in law and order in Guerrero state, where the students are believed to have been abducted by local officials and turned over to a drug gang to be killed. The state has been plagued by clashes between police and students, and the involvement of drug cartels has led to a lack of control in certain areas. President López Obrador has faced criticism for not doing enough to investigate the fate of the missing students, leading to tensions and protests.
Protesters in Mexico City rammed a truck into the presidential palace, demanding answers for the 43 college students who went missing in 2014. The demonstrators, partially masked, chanted for the return of the missing students as they breached the building's door with a state electricity company pickup truck. While some managed to enter the building, they were stopped by military police before reaching the president's news conference. The disappearance of the students led to a state coverup and abuses during the investigation, and President López Obrador, who had promised an honest investigation, stated it would not be complete before he leaves office this year.
Nine years after 43 students from a rural teacher's college in Mexico disappeared, their parents continue to demand answers and justice. A panel of independent investigators concluded that Mexican security forces collaborated to make the students disappear. Only three students' remains have been identified in the past nine years. The government initially tried to close the case, but it was reopened with evidence of torture and falsified information. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has promised to investigate the case further, but the families are still seeking answers from the government, including the military's involvement.
After wildfires in Maui, Hawaii, damaged several schools, hundreds of students remain unaccounted for, causing anxiety and frustration among the community. The Hawaii Department of Education has urged families to enroll in new schools or distance learning programs, but approximately 966 kids are still unenrolled. Officials are actively reaching out to contact families, but some have not been reached yet. Social media videos and theories about the missing children have caused further concern, and community members are demanding answers. The damaged Lahaina schools are expected to reopen after a fall break in October.
The father of one of the five young men brutally murdered by a Mexican drug cartel claims that the charred remains found at the crime scene do not belong to the victims. The victims, who were lured to what they thought was a job recruitment site, were shown being duct-taped, beaten, stabbed, and beheaded in a graphic online video. The families were shown photographs of burned bodies, but the father insists that none of them are their children. Authorities have not disclosed which criminal organization was behind the kidnapping and murder.
International investigators have given up the search for 43 missing college students in Mexico after eight years of trying to uncover the truth. The case of the students, who disappeared in 2014, has become symbolic of the epidemic of disappearances in Mexico, with the government repeatedly lying about what happened. The group of international investigators found evidence implicating the government and military in the crime, but their final report concludes that this is as far as they can go. The families of the missing students continue to suffer, knowing that the state was responsible but with no one being held accountable.
Independent investigators recount the challenges they faced during an eight-year search for answers in the case of 43 missing students from a teachers' college in Mexico in 2014. The investigators, sent by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, encountered a "double reality" and had to navigate through false information and obstacles from Mexican institutions. While progress was made, including arrests of soldiers and a former attorney general, the military continued to hide information. The investigators also discovered evidence of torture during interrogations. Despite their efforts, the families of the missing students continue their search for answers.
The bodies of two missing Indiana University students, Siddhant Shah and Aryan Vaidya, were recovered from Monroe Lake on Tuesday after a four-day search. The students disappeared while swimming with friends on Saturday and did not resurface. The search was prolonged due to high winds interfering with sonar technology. Shah and Vaidya were both students in the Kelley School of Business.
Two Indiana University students, Siddhant Shah and Aryan Vaidya, are missing after disappearing while swimming at Monroe Lake over the weekend. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is conducting a search and recovery operation using sonar cameras and a dive team, but high winds and rough water have created obstacles. IDNR crews are continuing the search on Monday morning.
Indiana Conservation Officers are resuming the search for two missing Indiana University students, Siddhant Shah and Aryan Vaidya, who went missing while boating with friends at Monroe Lake. The search was suspended due to darkness on Saturday after rescue units searched the area with scanning devices and scuba divers. Friends attempted to help but were unable to locate them. Indiana University Student Services is providing counselling services to the group.
Search and rescue teams are continuing their search for two Indiana University students who went missing while swimming in Lake Monroe. Siddhant Shah, 19, and Aryan Vaidya, 20, were boating on a pontoon with friends when they anchored to swim and did not resurface. Rescue units used side scan sonar and scuba divers to search the area on Saturday but had to suspend the search when darkness fell. The rest of the group was transported back to campus and counseling services are being provided.
A panel of experts appointed by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has identified failures in the investigation into the 2014 disappearance of 43 students in Mexico, including the withholding of key information about military involvement in the kidnapping. The experts have called for arrests to continue in the case, with some outstanding arrest orders being more than six months old. The truth commission established by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador ruled last August that the kidnapping constituted a “state crime” due to the “actions, omissions or participation” of government and military officials.
