Parents and colleagues of 43 students missing for nearly six months in Guerrero, Mexico, have launched a caravan inside the United States. The students’ families question the Mexican government’s claims local police turned the students over to drug gang members, who killed and incinerated them. Only one student’s remains have been identified, and Mexican media reports have tied federal authorities to the attack. On Sunday, a crowd of Mexican caravan members and their supporters rallied in New York City.

Denise Romero, Caravan 43 organizer: “These students were taken alive by both drug lords and police forces, and have been disappeared ever since. Obviously we know that due to the war on drugs, there is close to 20,000 people who have died, who are disappeared in the country, and close to 100,000 people who have died because of the U.S.-backed policies.”