### [2026-08-6](/feed/2026/08/6/index.md)

##### Mexican drug war
# Former Guerrero governor Ángel Aguirre Rivero is arrested on charges of forced disappearance and obstruction of justice. He is accused of ordering the concealment of security camera footage that showed police intercepting a bus carrying students in Iguala in 2014, who have never been found. 




### Sources:

1. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/former-mexican-governor-arrested-allegedly-destroying-evidence-tied-43-missing-2026-08-06/)

### Changes:

1. Former Governor of Guerrero Ángel Aguirre Rivero is arrested on charges of forced disappearance and obstruction of justice. He is accused of ordering the concealment of security camera footage that showed police intercepting a bus carrying students in Iguala in 2014, who have never been found.  _2026-08-07 15:57:23 (First version)_
1. Former Guerrero governor Ángel Aguirre Rivero is arrested on charges of forced disappearance and obstruction of justice. He is accused of ordering the concealment of security camera footage that showed police intercepting a bus carrying students in Iguala in 2014, who have never been found.  _(Current version)_

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