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Protesters in Mexico City demand to know what happened to 43 college students

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Ongoing² demonstrations³ in Mexico are marking the anniversary of the massacre⁴ in 2014 that resulted in the murders and disappearances⁵ of 43 students from a college in a rural south-western state.

A MARTINEZ, HOST:

This week, a leaked government report in Mexico laid out grisly details of the fate of 43 college students. Eight years ago, they vanished. Protesters took to the streets of Mexico City to demand the truth. NPR's Eyder Peralta reports.

(SOUNDBITE OF PROTEST)

UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER #1: (Non-English language spoken).

UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTERS: (Non-English language spoken).

EYDER PERALTA, BYLINE⁶: The parents of the missing Ayotzinapa students walk in the middle of Mexico City's main boulevard. They carry bouquets⁷ of flowers and pictures of their children.

(SOUNDBITE OF PROTEST)

UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTERS: (Non-English language spoken).

PERALTA: This week, the newspaper Reforma published previously⁸ redacted text messages that reveal local politicians and military leaders, who thought the students were working with rival drug gangs, ordered cartels to kill them. The messages show that after public outcry, the cartels panicked. Some students' bodies were dismembered. Some were melted in acid. And some - it's not clear if dead or alive - were taken to a military base, where they couldn't be found. Vidulfo Rosales Sierra, a lawyer for the family, says this has been a gut⁹ punch for the country because all their worst suspicions are actually true.

VIDULFO ROSALES SIERRA: (Non-English language spoken).

PERALTA: They never thought, he says, that even the military was involved in probable homicides.

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)

UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER #2: (Singing in non-English language).

PERALTA: The protesters marched past a makeshift memorial to all of the missing people in Mexico. In eight years, not a single person has been tried or convicted for the kidnapping or the murder of the students. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says he's committed to justice. But at the same time, prosecutors¹⁰ dropped cases against some prime suspects.

(SOUNDBITE OF PROTEST)

UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER #3: (Non-English language spoken)

PERALTA: The march ends at Zocalo Square, just steps from the president's residence. Blanca Nava, whose son is among the missing, takes the mic and delivers a warning. We are not leaving.

(SOUNDBITE OF PROTEST)

BLANCA NAVA: (Non-English language spoken).

PERALTA: "No, Mr. President, we want the truth."

(SOUNDBITE OF PROTEST)

NAVA: (Non-English language spoken).

PERALTA: "It's time," she said, "for the government to stop toying with our pain and suffering of not knowing what happened to our children."

Eyder Peralta, NPR News, Mexico City.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

3 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

4 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

5 disappearances   

n.消失( disappearance的名词复数 )；丢失；失踪；失踪案

参考例句：

• Most disappearances are the result of the terrorist activity. 大多数的失踪案都是恐怖分子造成的。 来自辞典例句
• The espionage, the betrayals, the arrests, the tortures, the executions, the disappearances will never cease. 间谍活动、叛党卖国、逮捕拷打、处决灭迹，这种事情永远不会完。 来自英汉文学

6 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

7 bouquets   

n.花束( bouquet的名词复数 )；（酒的）芳香

参考例句：

• The welcoming crowd waved their bouquets. 欢迎的群众摇动着花束。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• As the hero stepped off the platform, he was surrounded by several children with bouquets. 当英雄走下讲台时，已被几名手持花束的儿童围住了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

9 gut   

n.[pl.]胆量；内脏；adj.本能的；vt.取出内脏

参考例句：

• It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.冷冻鱼之前并不总是需要先把内脏掏空。
• My immediate gut feeling was to refuse.我本能的直接反应是拒绝。

10 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。