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The Mexican authorities confirmed on Tuesday the identification of the remains of one of the 43 normalistas from Ayotzinapa who disappeared on September 26, 2014 in Iguala, Guerrero, a state in the south of the country.
The remains belong to Jhosivani Guerrero de la Cruz.
It was identified by a nuclear DNA analysis carried out this year by the University of Innsbruck, in Austria, and which has a 99.9% coincidence, said Omar Gómez Trejo, head of the Special Investigation and Litigation Unit for the Ayotzinapa Case, on Tuesday. , of the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) of Mexico.
Gómez Trejo recalled that, in 2015, the then Attorney General's Office (PGR) had confirmed the identification of Jhosivani, but it did so through a mitochondrial DNA analysis, “which reflected less certainty and with a result of only 17% of coincidence".
«It was very low.
The necessary reiterations and recommendations were made.
Even so, the PGR authorities at that time decided to go out and publicize a result that was doubtful, "criticized the head of the Unit.
Authorities confirm identification of Ayotzinapa normalista
Likewise, the official indicated that, also in this year's analysis, the University of Innsbruck reiterated the identification of the remains of Christian Alfonso Rodríguez Telumbre.
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In July 2020, the FGR reported on the identification of Christian Alfonso after the analysis of bone pieces carried out by the University of Innsbruck.
That identification was ratified in the analyzes that the same institution made this year.
The first of the normalistas identified was Alexander Mora Venancio, as confirmed to CNN by the lawyers of the victims' families in December 2014.
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Alexander Mora
According to the Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez Human Rights Center, Alexander, 21 in 2014, had a strong desire to be a teacher, and this is how his family remembers him.
Alexander attended the Isidro Burgos Rural Normal School when he was 19 years old.
Then, he passed his exams and was assigned a room that he had to share with his classmates, says a publication on the Center's website, which publicized the
Marching with Letters
campaign
.
Besides being a teacher, one of his greatest dreams was to become a professional footballer.
He is described as the "crack" of Juventus Pericón, an amateur team in which he played with relatives in Guerrero.
“According to family and friends, Alexander wants to be a teacher out of a vocation to help, but his greatest illusion has always been football.
He wants to play with the Pumas de la UNAM », adds the publication.
Christian Alfonso
He was just 19 years old when the 43 normalistas from Ayotzinapa disappeared.
«He is the only son of Clemente Rodríguez and Luz María Telumbre and he has three sisters who long for his return.
He grew up in the Santiago neighborhood, in Tixtla, Guerrero ”, mentions a publication on the Center's website, also from the
Marching with Letters
campaign
.
He wanted to be a teacher to build a future for himself and be able to help his family, but what most excited him was folk dance, which he practiced since he was a child.
«He danced in the Xochiquetzal folk dance group and his dance partners remember him when he came to rehearsals eating corn and with his beige backpack with a long strap across his chest.
There he carried his dance boots.
They called him Clark, a nickname earned for his thick black glasses, similar to those of the journalist who became Superman, Clark Kent, "adds the publication.
Jhosivani warrior
He was the victim of disappearance along with his other 42 classmates when he was 20 years old.
He wanted to be a veterinarian and decided to study with the resources his family had.
He refused to follow the American dream that his father and brothers did.
"A dream for which one of them died and for which his father was not with him for nine years of his life," says a publication of the Center, which also frames the
Marching with Letters
campaign
.
Jhosivani discovered he was a leader when he joined the Activist House.
Before, he used to buy expensive tennis shoes, but he preferred to leave that in order to help others, his community.
«He chose to be the possibility for his people and to make trips to fetch water just in the hottest months, to earn money to maintain his studies (…).
To speak of Jhosivani is to speak of a man who falters when something does not go as expected, but who does not let himself fall;
who discovered that he can use his voice and make a difference in his society, "adds the publication.