Ayotzinapa Back in Spotlight: Progress in Case of Missing 43 Students After Major Arrest

Ayotzinapa Back in Spotlight: Progress in Case of Missing 43 Students After Major Arrest

Author: Soberanía Podcast August 13, 2026 Duration: 58:37

In episode 119 of Soberanía, hosts José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth cover the long-awaited development in the case of the forcibly disappeared 43 Ayotzinapa students with the arrest of former Guerrero Governor Ángel Aguirre Rivero. While the hosts welcome this development, they note that the investigation remains stalled by stonewalling, and that the National Human Rights Commission's recent report effectively exonerated the armed forces, drawing fierce protests from victims' families and activists.Next, they dissect the State Department's extraordinary five-minute video glorifying the Monroe Doctrine, openly celebrating U.S. "dominance" over the hemisphere and even taking credit for Mexico's defeat of the Habsburg monarchy (which was actually achieved by Benito Juárez and the Mexican people). The hosts argue this "saying the quiet part out loud" moment reveals what U.S. policy has always been: not cooperation, but imperial domination.The conversation then turns to South America. They run down Colombian President Abelardo de la Espirella's first days in office — a whirlwind of embarrassing behavior, recognizing Israel's claim to the Golan Heights, backing out of the Belt and Road Initiative, and refusing earthquake aid — before noting positive developments: Mexico's foreign minister met with Lula in Brazil, diplomatic relations with Peru have been restored, and Argentina saw mass protests against Milei's plan to sell off national territory to foreign interests.Losers and Haters takes aim once again at PRI president Alejandro Moreno, who traveled to Washington to request U.S. sanctions against Mexican electoral officials — yet another embarrassing display of a "vendepatria" begging for foreign intervention while corruption investigations close in on him at home.


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