Not since British Petroleum’s CEO Tony Hayward muttered “I’d like my life back” after 11 workers lost their lives in a BP oil rig explosion has an aside caused such international outrage.
“Ya me canse” (I’ve had enough/I’m tired of this) complained Mexico’s attorney general as he abruptly ended a press conference in which he was repeatedly questioned about the alleged massacre of 43 freshmen from a local teacher’s college in the country.
#yamecanse became the citizen’s rallying cry on social media as thousands of demonstrators took to the streets protesting Mexico’s drug culture of corruption and violence. Apprehended by local police, the students were apparently handed over to a drug gang to be executed and their bodies burned.
Further, Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto has also been criticized for how his administration handled the crisis. It took him 11 days to make a public comment after the students’ disappearance in late September and, by mid November, had yet to visit Guerrero state where the massacre took place.
The cooler, or perhaps more media trained voice of Mexico’s ambassador to the US, Eduardo Medina Mora told CNN that the alleged massacre will force the Mexican government to focus on developing strong policing institutions. “This was a wake-up call for all of us. This must not happen again.”