Experts say Mexico is obstructing the investigation into 43 missing students

Experts say Mexico is obstructing¹ the investigation² into 43 missing students

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　　International experts say they have new evidence that the Mexican government falsified evidence about the abduction and disappearance⁴ of 43 students nearly eight years ago.

　　STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

　　How could 43 people go missing in Mexico and remain missing for eight years? Since 2014, nobody has seen the students abducted⁵ from a rural teachers college. The government has insisted that a drug gang might have mistaken them for rivals and killed them. Now, international experts say Mexico's government falsified evidence and is obstructing the investigation. NPR's Carrie Kahn reports.

　　CARRIE KAHN, BYLINE⁶: Nearly eight years later, Francisco Cox, a criminal lawyer from Chile, says his group still cannot say what happened to the students.

　　FRANCISCO COX: (Speaking Spanish).

　　KAHN: "That's because of the destruction and concealment⁷ of evidence, as well as the construction of a lie at the highest levels of government," says Cox, who released the group's third report yesterday to reporters and relatives of the missing students.

　　Angela Buitrago, a former Colombian prosecutor⁸, says the experts, backed by the Organization of American States, obtained new documents thanks to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. They show that investigators⁹, prosecutors¹⁰ and even Mexico's military altered evidence in crime scenes. A government drone video never released before showed Mexican marines and others rummaging¹¹ through a garbage dump for hours and even starting a fire where the students were allegedly killed. Buitrago says despite better cooperation, there are still obstacles.

　　ANGELA BUITRAGO: (Speaking Spanish).

　　KAHN: "To this day, there are institutions that just won't turn over documents," she says. And that's tough for Cristina Bautista Salvador to hear. Her 19-year-old son, Benjamin, was one of the 43 missing students.

　　CRISTINA BAUTISTA SALVADOR: (Speaking Spanish).

　　KAHN: "Imagine how you would feel seven years and six months without your child," she says. She hopes the group of experts keep working to find the truth.

　　Carrie Kahn, NPR News, Mexico City.

1 obstructing   

阻塞( obstruct的现在分词 )； 堵塞； 阻碍； 阻止

参考例句：

• You can't park here, you're obstructing my driveway. 你不能在这里停车，你挡住了我家的车道。
• He was charged for obstructing the highway. 他因阻碍交通而受控告。

2 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

3 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。

4 disappearance   

n.消失，消散，失踪

参考例句：

• He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
• Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。

5 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

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 concealment   

n.隐藏, 掩盖，隐瞒

参考例句：

• the concealment of crime 对罪行的隐瞒
• Stay in concealment until the danger has passed. 把自己藏起来，待危险过去后再出来。

8 prosecutor   

n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人

参考例句：

• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
• The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

9 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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。

11 rummaging   

翻找，搜寻( rummage的现在分词 )； 海关检查

参考例句：

• She was rummaging around in her bag for her keys. 她在自己的包里翻来翻去找钥匙。
• Who's been rummaging through my papers? 谁乱翻我的文件来着？