{"id":28473,"date":"2017-04-17T09:45:58","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T09:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/adolfoflores\/embattled-mexican-attorney-general-steps-down"},"modified":"2017-04-17T09:45:58","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T09:45:58","slug":"embattled-mexican-attorney-general-steps-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/28473","title":{"rendered":"Embattled Mexican Attorney General Steps Down"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mexico’s embattled attorney general, who was heavily criticized for his handling of the investigation of 43 missing students, has stepped down and taken on a new cabinet-level job.<\/p>\n

President Enrique Peña Nieto swore in Jesús Murillo Karam on Friday as the new minister of rural, territorial and urban development.<\/p>\n

Murillo Karam famously ended a press conference about the missing students with the phrase “Ya me canse,” meaning “I’m tired,” which become a rallying cry for protesters on the ground and online.<\/p>\n

Only the remains of one student have been identified by a forensic team, while the remaining 42 others were declared dead by Mexican authorities.<\/a> <\/p>\n

At the end of his office’s investigation, Murillo Karam said<\/a> corrupt police on the orders of a local mayor kidnapped the 43 students from a rural teachers college in Ayotzinapa in September. The all-male students were then handed over to a drug gang that killed them and burned their bodies.<\/p>\n

The case of the missing students dealt a heavy blow to Peña Nieto’s approval ratings, setting a new low for any Mexican leader in two decades.<\/p>\n

El Diario<\/i> reported<\/a> that Peña Nieto thanked the former attorney general for his dedication and responsibility.<\/p>\n

The Mexican attorney general’s office “has been an area which has had to take on a complex and challenging task, particularly at the events in Iguala,” Peña Nieto said.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

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