Search for dozens of missing college students in Mexico leads to human remains, 17 new suspects

TL;DR

17 new suspects have been identified in the 2014 disappearance of 43 students from Ayotzinapa, Mexico.
The investigation suggests police handed the students over to the Guerreros Unidos cartel.
Analysis of phone calls on the night of the disappearance led to the identification of new suspects linked to officials and organized crime.
An illegally obtained weapon, bone fragments, and teeth were discovered at a funeral home.
A public employee and a municipal police officer used the cellphones of two students days after their disappearance.
One new witness, a minor at the time of the events and a member of the Guerreros Unidos cartel, was arrested in April.
A total of 168 people are being prosecuted in the case, with 130 in pretrial detention.
Previous arrests in the case include a former governor, a former senior judge, and the state's former attorney general.
Only three bodies have been recovered, and the search for clandestine dumping grounds continues in cartel-active areas.
Mexico has been severely affected by cartel violence, with over half a million people killed or missing in recent decades.

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