In this Wednesday, April 22, 2015 photo, Guillermina Sotelo, left, and Bertha Moreno Garcia help each other as they walk up a hill after ending their day's search for clandestine graves on the outskirts of Iguala, Mexico. A group of relatives of missing persons in the region has banded together to search for their missing relatives. Since the government began excavating suspected graves found by this group scouring the surrounding mountains looking for their loved ones late last year, more than 100 bodies have been exhumed though most still await identification. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
This is an 84 photo composite of people holding an image of their missing relative shot between April and August, 2015 in the city of Iguala and surrounding towns. The world, and even most of Mexico, paid little attention to Iguala until 43 students from a rural teachers college disappeared on Sept. 26, 2014. The government’s investigation concluded that police in Iguala turned over the students to members of a drug gang who then killed them and incinerated their remains at a garbage dump. Two months after the students disappeared many other families in the area began coming forward to tell their stories, emboldened by the international attention focused on the missing students. Their message was simple: there are many more missing. They called them “the other disappeared.” To tell the stories of those other disappeared and the gaping wounds that their kidnappings left behind the AP interviewed the relatives of 147 (check latest figure) of those missing. Only 84 agreed to be photographed because they are still very fearful. Of those disappearances discussed with families, all but 10 occurred between 2010 and 2015 and all but eight were in the state of Guerrero. Men or boys accounted for all but 14 of the cases. The missing ranged in age from 13 to 60 years old with the majority being in their 20s and 30s. Eighty percent were younger than 40. Since the government began excavating suspected graves found by families scouring the surrounding mountains looking for their loved ones late last year, more than 100 bodies have been exhumed though most still await identification. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
Maria del Carmen Arce Pineda weeps as she talks about her two missing daughters while waiting to submit a DNA sample in order to help her search for her daughters in Iguala, Mexico, Sunday, April 19, 2015. Her daughters, Karla Sany and Blanca Azucena Aragon Arce were kidnapped on July 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
Rosa Segura Giral holds up a photo of her daughter, Berenice Navarijo Segura in Iguala, Mexico, May 26, 2015. Her daughter was 19 years old when she was taken by armed men on July 1, 2013 and has never been seen since. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
In this Tuesday, April 21, 2015 photo, images with brief descriptions of missing people hang on a wall at the San Gerardo church in Iguala, Mexico. Little attention had been paid to the many people that have disappeared or been kidnapped in this region since 2010 until 43 students from a rural teachers college disappeared in this city on Sept. 26, 2014. Two months after the students disappeared hundreds of families began coming forward to tell their stories, emboldened by the international attention focused on the missing students.
The families’ message was simple: there are many more missing. They called them “the other disappeared.” They are among the 25,000 Mexicans who have disappeared since 2007, according to the government’s count. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
In this June 1, 2015, 2015 photo, graduation gifts belonging to Berenice Navarijo Segura gather dust and cobwebs at her home in Cocula, Mexico. On July 1, 2013, Berenice, 19, went to the hairdresser since her graduation party was going to be held at her home later that day but she was seized by armed men and has never been seen since. At least 16 other people were taken that same day in Cocula. She is among the 25,000 Mexicans who have disappeared since 2007, according to the government’s count. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
In this Wednesday, April 22, 2015 photo, Guillermina Sotelo, left, and Bertha Moreno Garcia help each other as they walk up a hill after ending their day's search for clandestine graves on the outskirts of Iguala, Mexico. A group of relatives of missing persons in the region has banded together to search for their missing relatives. Since the government began excavating suspected graves found by this group scouring the surrounding mountains looking for their loved ones late last year, more than 100 bodies have been exhumed though most still await identification. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
In this Aug. 19, 2015 photo, two crosses painted in the ground mark the site where two students were killed and 43 others were taken away in Iguala, Mexico on Sept. 26, 2014. According to a federal investigation, the students were taken by police and then handed over to a local drug gang who allegedly killed them and burned the bodies. The incident cast national and international attention on Iguala emboldening hundreds of local families to come forward and speak up about their missing relatives. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
In this June 1, 2015 photo, relatives of Victor Albarran Varela look at a photo of him at his home in Cocula, Mexico. On July 1, 2013 the explosion of gunfire echoed from the center of this town in the predawn stillness. A convoy of armed men had arrived in town and once they had left, 17 residents including Albarran, had disappeared, never to be seen again. They are among the 25,000 Mexicans who have disappeared since 2007, according to the government’s count. Albarran was 15 when he was taken. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
In this Sunday, April 19, 2015 photo, Maria Guadalupe Gomez Hernandez uses a cotton swab to submit a DNA sample to help in the search for her missing brothers, Daniel and Nazario Gomez Hernandez, in Iguala, Mexico. At right is her mother, Vicenta Hernandez Gomez. Daniel disappeared on March 1, 2013 and Nazario on Feb. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
In this Tuesday, May 12, 2015 photo, relatives of missing people gather under a tree at the San Gerardo church in Iguala, Mexico. Little attention had been paid to the many people that have disappeared or been kidnapped in this region since 2010 until 43 students from a rural teachers college disappeared in this city on Sept. 26, 2014. Two months after the students disappeared hundreds of families began coming forward to tell their stories, emboldened by the international attention focused on the missing students.
The families’ message was simple: there are many more missing. To tell the stories of those other disappeared and the gaping wounds that their kidnappings left behind the AP interviewed the relatives of 147 of those missing. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
In this Tuesday, June 30, 2015 photo, relatives of missing people gather at the San Gerardo church in Iguala, Mexico. Little attention had been paid to the many people that have disappeared or been kidnapped in this region since 2010 until 43 students from a rural teachers college disappeared in this city on Sept. 26, 2014. Two months after the students disappeared hundreds of families began coming forward to tell their stories, emboldened by the international attention focused on the missing students.
The families’ message was simple: there are many more missing. To tell the stories of those other disappeared and the gaping wounds that their kidnappings left behind the AP interviewed the relatives of 147 of those missing. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
In this Wednesday, April 22, 2015 photo, Mario Vergara Hernandez explains how the pigmentation of rocks helps him as he looks for clandestine graves amidst dry vegetation on the outskirts of Iguala, Mexico. A group of relatives of missing persons in the region has banded together to search for their missing relatives. Since the government began excavating suspected graves found by this group scouring the surrounding mountains looking for their loved ones late last year, more than 100 bodies have been exhumed though most still await identification. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
In this May 31, 2015 photo, relatives of missing people walk in a field as they search in vain for a site of a possible clandestine grave after they received an anonymous tip in Iguala, Mexico. A group of relatives of missing persons in the region has banded together to search for their missing relatives. Since the government began excavating suspected graves found by this group scouring the surrounding mountains looking for their loved ones late last year, more than 100 bodies have been exhumed though most still await identification. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
In this May 31, 2015 photo, a relative of missing people buries a stick into the ground to later pull it out and smell it for possible clues of decaying flesh as she and others search for signs of a possible clandestine grave after they received an anonymous tip in Iguala, Mexico. A group of relatives of missing persons in the region has banded together to search for their missing relatives. Since the government began excavating suspected graves found by this group scouring the surrounding mountains looking for their loved ones late last year, more than 100 bodies have been exhumed though most still await identification. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
In this May 31, 2015 photo, a relative of missing people smells a stick that was stuck into the ground as he and others search for signs of a possible clandestine grave after they received an anonymous tip in Iguala, Mexico. A group of relatives of missing persons in the region has banded together to search for their missing relatives. Since the government began excavating suspected graves found by this group scouring the surrounding mountains looking for their loved ones late last year, more than 100 bodies have been exhumed though most still await identification. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
In this Wednesday, April 22, 2015 photo, a man inspects a sandal during a search for clandestine graves amidst dry vegetation on the outskirts of Iguala, Mexico. A group of relatives of missing persons in the region has banded together to search for their missing relatives. Since the government began excavating suspected graves found by this group scouring the surrounding mountains looking for their loved ones late last year, more than 100 bodies have been exhumed though most still await identification. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
In this Aug. 19, 2015 photo, a child plays with a kite as others look out from an observation point as the sun goes down overlooking the city of Iguala, Mexico. Iguala was thrust into the national and international limelight on Sept. 26, 2014 when 3 students were killed and 43 others disappeared allegedly at hands of the local police who then handed them over to a drug gang who disposed of the bodies, according to a federal investigation. The focus on Iguala has emboldened hundreds of local families to come forward and speak up about their own missing relatives. The families’ message was simple: there are many more missing. They called them “the other disappeared.” (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
In this June 1, 2015 photo, Rosa Segura Giral makes pizza at her shop next to her home in the town of Cocula, Mexico. On July 1, 2013, Giral was cooking in preparation for the graduation party of her daughter, Berenice Navarijo Segura, when explosion of gunfire echoed from the center of town. When the shooting had paused for 20 minutes, Berenice breezed out the door. There were only two hours until graduation and she had already paid for her hair and makeup appointment at the salon. She hopped onto the back of her boyfriend’s motorcycle and they headed for downtown. That was the last time Giral ever saw her daughter. She and 16 other people had been taken by armed men, never to be seen again. Her daughter is among the 25,000 Mexicans who have disappeared since 2007, according to the government’s count. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
In this May 31, 2015 photo, Mario Vergara Hernandez, right, and another unidentified person look at a map that was sent anonymously to Mario's phone pointing to the possible location of a clandestine grave in Iguala, Mexico. A group of relatives of missing persons in the region has banded together to search for their missing relatives. Since the government began excavating suspected graves found by this group scouring the surrounding mountains looking for their loved ones late last year, more than 100 bodies have been exhumed though most still await identification. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
In this Aug. 18, 2015 photo, the day ends in the city of Iguala, Mexico. The city of Iguala was thrust into the national and international limelight on Sept. 26, 2014 when 3 students were killed and 43 others disappeared allegedly at hands of the local police who then handed them over to a drug gang who disposed of the bodies, according to a federal investigation. The focus on Iguala has emboldened hundreds of local families to come forward and speak up about their own missing relatives. The families’ message was simple: there are many more missing. They called them “the other disappeared.” (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)