TONATIERRA
Human Rights Commission 

PO Box 24009  Phoenix, AZ 85074 
www.tonatierra.org 
Contact: Tupac Enrique Acosta

chantlaca@tonatierra.org

 

 

January 26, 2021

Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema

3333 E. Camelback Rd, Suite 200

Phoenix, Arizona 85018

Arizona Senator Mark Kelly

2201 E. Camelback Rd, Suite 115

Phoenix, Arizona 85018

Dear Senators Sinema and Kelly,

 

On September 24, 2021, we submitted a Freedom of Information Request (FOI) along with the WATER PROTECTOR LEGAL COLLECTIVE requesting disclosure of records related to the case of the Forced Disappearance of the 43 Ayotzinapa students on September 26, 2014, in Iguala Guerrero, Mexico.

On May 24, 2021, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador communicated he had received files from the United States regarding the investigation of the 2014 Ayotzinapa disappearances and subsequent criminal coverup by officials of the Mexican government. President Lopez Obrador received these files after a virtual meeting with Vice President Harris on May 7, 2021.  

The TONATIERRA Human Rights Commission has accompanied the parents and families of the 43 Ayotzinapa students for over seven years now in their attempts to bring accountability and justice to the case.

Although we have sent this message to both of your offices on December 26, 2021, via the email address provided on your website and the message has been confirmed to have been received, we have not had any substantive response from either of you regarding our request for assistance in terms of bringing to light the relevant information as outlined our initial FOI request.

We shall follow up with your offices to arrange for a meeting to discuss the particulars of the human rights issues involved.

Sincerely,

 

Tupac Enrique Acosta

TONATIERRA