INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Three missing Mexican students were killed last month in the western state of Jalisco and their bodies dissolved in acid after criminals
confused them with members of a rival gang, authorities said Monday.The three film students were last seen in the municipality of Tonala
after their car broke down and they were later kidnapped by at least six people, who tortured and killed them, according to Jalisco state
prosecutors."Subsequently their bodies were dissolved in acid so that no trace of them remained," the state prosecutors office said.State
conference to confirm the three students' death (AFP)Another official told Reuters, on condition of anonymity since he was not authorized to
speak to the media, that investigators are analyzing more human remains found on the premises of the building where the young men were
dissolved.Prosecutors said the youths were confused with members of a another gang by gunmen from the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG),
which has become the most powerful in Mexico, according to US authorities.Criminal groups in Mexico often kidnap, torture, dismember and
even dissolve their victims in acid and many of the remains are dumped in clandestine graves.In 2014, 43 student teachers disappeared in the
southern state of Guerrero and the government said they were kidnapped by police who handed them over to a criminal group that killed them
and burned their bodies.International observers objected to the government's investigation and the case shook the administration of
President Enrique Pena Nieto, who has seen his popularity decline sharply amid corruption allegations and a spike in violence.More than
25,000 people were murdered last year in Mexico
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