Mexican Government attacked release of key suspect in Ayotzinapa

The Mexican government on Wednesday attacked a court’s decision to release a key suspect in the 2014 disappearance of 43 student teachers of Ayotzinapa.

The government said it will ask authorities to review the conduct of the judges and prosecutors involved in the case.

The abduction and apparent massacre of the trainee teachers by corrupt police working with local drug gang Guerreros Unidos sparked international condemnation of Mexico and battered the credibility of previous president Enrique Pena Nieto.

On Saturday, Gildardo Lopez Astudillo, the Guerreros Unidos leader blamed for ordering the murder of the students who is known as El Gil, was released from prison after a judge found that the government had tortured him to obtain evidence.