US hands suspect in missing students case over to Mexico

Relatives and classmates of the missing 43 Ayotzinapa college students, march in Mexico City in 2022, on the anniversary of their disappearance in Iguala, Guerrero state (Marco Ugarte/AP/PA)

US authorities handed over a key suspect in the 2014 disappearance of 43 college students to Mexico, after the man was caught trying to cross the border on December 20 without proper documents.

Mexico’s National Immigration Institute identified the man only by his first name, but a federal agent later confirmed on Thursday that he is Alejandro Tenescalco. The institute said he failed to qualify for asylum in the United States.