Parents Of 43 Missing Students In Mexico Say There Will Be No More Christmas For Them [VIDEO]

Almost three months after 43 students from Ayotzinapa disappeared on September 26, their parents continue to try closure and justice. “They took them alive; we want them back alive,” is what they’re demanding from the government. In a video published on Monday, December 22, the family members narrated the sadness felt during this year’s holidays in contrast to last year’s, when the families were still complete. “It will be a very sad Christmas without him and his colleagues,” said María Inés Abraján, Adán Abraján’s aunt.

The 43 student’s parents continued to demand that the authorities bring them back alive, “They took them alive; we want them back alive. We demand that the government starts looking for them, and brings back some answers. It’s been three months since we don’t know anything about our sons. We want to ask all members of this society, as parents, to help us and support us,” said Jorge Álvarez Nava’s dad, Epifanio Álvarez.

The video, which is 2 minutes and 27 seconds long, also shows Margarita Zacarías Rodríguez, mother of Miguel Angel Mendoza Zacarías, saying there will never be another Christmas for her because it’s too painful, “it will always remind of my son.” The purpose of publishing the video (as the description on YouTube states) is to remind people that Ayotzinapa is still present. These parents are still fighting, and are asking every single person to keep on helping and supporting them.