after working together, phyllis ended up in mexico city. this excerpt shows just how closely carlos trusted phillips. we get to the 1962 defection op you can see the agency played this "any friend of merton" to get tepedino's help to get to cabello. this one shows that phillips recruited tepedino around may, 1958. next one. this is in miami. an fbi miami office. it is the first of two 1962 documents i mentioned. as we scroll down, you'll notice in the margin there is c.i.a. request to keep stuff secret. to this day, they don't want us to know what is inside those reductions. the unredacted material -- obviously the life story of philips. next slide. let's blow some stuff up. the redactor did not widen the reductions beyond the withheld words. it allows freaks like me to precisely count letters and spaces and fill in the blanks. let's do this one in which tepedino talks about his contacts in the van. it's got 13 spaces into which fits perfectly the name "dave phillips." this one mentions phillips transferred to mexico city. his name fits per

together,ing phyllis ended up in mexico city. this excerpt shows just how closely carlos trusted phillips. opget to the 1962 defection you can see the agency played this "any friend of merton" to help to get tos cabella. this one shows that phillips recruited tepedino around may, 1958. next one. this is in miami. an fbi miami office. 62 is the first of two 19 documents i mentioned. as we scroll down, you'll notice in the margin there is c.i.a. request to keep stuff secret. want usday, they don't to know what is inside those reductions. the unredacted material -- obviously the life story of philips. next slide. let's blow some stuff up. the redactor did not widen the reductions beyond the withheld words. it allows freaks like me to precisely count letters and spaces and fill in the blanks. let's do this one in which tepedino talks about his contacts in the van. whichot 13 spaces into fits perfectly the name "dave phillips." this one mentions phillips transferred to mexico city. name fits perfectly. but arthur -- was a deputy chief

here in mexico city, the ultimate bike race has no course, no officials, not even prize money. the alley cats compete for only bragging rights, and they're willing to risk their lives. >>> and, it's story time. from kerry washington to jessica alba and even kate middleton. fashion royalty wear tory burch. tonight, she reveals how she elevated flats to high style. >> this was the first classic shoe. >> and became a billionaire doing it. but first, the "nightline" five. >> you, my friend, are a master of diversify case. who would have thought that three cheese lasagna would go with chocolate cake? the same guy that thought that small caps and bond funds gould with emerging markets. it's a masterpiece. >> thanks. >> clearly, you are tiype e. you have made it, phil. what's our strategy with the fondue? >> diversifying your portfolio? e-trade gives you the tools and resources to get it right. are you type e? >> number one in just 60 seconds. >>> good evening and thanks for joining us. it's a bomb shell lawsuit filed by pop star kesha against her long-time producer. alleging that dr.

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it marks the anniversary of the 1968 massacre of students by the army of students in mexico city. and protesters, 43 students have been missing since the weekend. >> reporter: victims from the past and 9 present. the present. thousands marched in the western mexican state of guerrero. they were honoring students killed in 1968 as they do every year. but this year was different. they're calling for justice for six students killed a weeks ago, and for 43 others whose whereabouts are unknown. they have not been seen since september 26th, since things became violate. [ chanting ] parents shouted, they took them alive, and we want them back alive. pensions have risen as authorities continue to fail top find the missing. >> the local police took them away. we know where our children are, and we want them back in the same condition they were taken. >> the incident in 1968 was the worst massacre in mexican history. army snipers opened fire on protesting students. the final death toll is still unknown. >> just like every year, thousands of people come to march in mexico city to pay tribute

the spanish built mexico city atop the ruins of the aztec capital. in 1978, excavations for electric lines first uncovered aztec sculptures, including this huge carving of the moon goddess. today archaeologists have revealed the capital of the ancient aztec empire beneath spanish streets. they have reconstructed a great temple that was rebuilt and enlarged many times by the ancient aztecs. the ruins of the temple lie beneath the main spanish plaza, called the zocalo. archaeologist william sanders. sanders: i think the zocalo of mexico city is the most exciting place on earth. in front of me you can see the material remains of three successive civilizations -- the great temple of the aztecs, the cathedral, a symbol of catholic spain, and, in the distance, the torre latino, which is a symbol of modern industrial mexico. prior to the aztecs, we have evidence of two earlier civilizations in the same valley. so we have successive civilizations, one replacing the other, for 2,000 years. and this is the normal pattern that archaeologists and historians find

the families who travel to mexico city from guerrero state gave the president a list of ten demands concerning the search for their loved ones. he promised to bring the perpetrators to justice. >>> stay with us here on "bbc world news." still to come -- >> a little bayou that ran through here. >> the wetlands of louisiana are disappearing under the sea. we find out what that means for

and so i figured that maybe the story was going to be washington and mexico city. so i moved to washington. three years later, september 11 comes around, there's no mexico story. i mean, there's no real us policy to mexico. and i returned to mexico, and my first assignment was to cover the women of juarez-- you know, who was killing the women of juarez? >> hinojosa: and right now we're talking about, in terms of the women who have been murdered in the city of juarez, which is on the mexico side of the border... >> right, right across el paso, texas. >> hinojosa: right across. and we're talking about 400-plus women now? >> i mean, some estimates have it as over 300, some say 400. most of them... i mean, the vast majority of the cases have never been solved, just like, you know, most crimes in mexico. and it was then that i realized, "wow," you know, "this is a different mexico." >> hinojosa: so that was a time span of what, like, maybe five years? >> no, a span in time of three years. i mean, from 2000 to 2003. and what happened, i think, is the pri... i mean, you h

they lived in the valley of mexico in the area that is now mexico city. before coming to power, the aztecs were just one of a number of small city-states located in the region. archaeologist william sanders. between 1200 a.d. and 1428, the area was occupied by 40 competing states. occasionally, one of these states would conquer some of the others and form a small empire for one or two generations. but then it would collapse again. in 1428, however, things changed dramatically. three of these states overthrow their lord, form a military alliance, and embark on a career of conquest that is to carry them over all of mesoamerica. keach: within less than a century, the aztecs had conquered hundreds of formerly independent states, established provincial capitals, and controlled a population of five to six million people. the center of the aztec empire was the city of tenochtitlan, an island in the middle of an extensive lake system. today, tenochtitlan is buried in 1978, workers digging ditches for electric cable hit something hard. it turned out to be a huge s

returned from mexico city. the fbi says that in tril of 2012 girl's mother dara lawrence took the 4-year-old for a court ordered visit and left for mexico. sabrina's father has been searched for her ever since. she's now 17. >> these are not things that are done by loving healthy parents. these are things that are done as a power play, and the kids are the ones that pay the price. >> the girl's mother has been charged with kidnapping. >>> and a very unusual lawsuit in illinois. an ohio woman is suing a sperm bank because she says they gang her the wrong donation. tiffany tucker from our cleveland station explained. >> they looked forward to becoming parents. they went to the midwest sperm bank in a chicago suburb back in 2011 requesting sperm from a white donor with blue eyes. >> it was the most amazing feeling to know that i had a child that i was going to be able to raise to call my own. >> reporter: but that excitement turned to concern when jennifer five months' pregnant called the facility requesting the s

more from mexico city. >> the protests outside of mexico's attorney general's office. and the attention is being focused more and more on the individuality and the humanity of the 43 students. protesters are carrying pictures of them and reading their names out, these are individuals, and 43 is not just a number that can be forgotten or put out of mind. they're trying to put attention on their humanity to put pressure on the president to find the students and find the people responsible and bring them to justice. for the second day in a row, the president spoke publicly about the case to bring those responsible to justice. people here don't have faith in him. and they don't have faith in the institution. they said they live in a narcostate, where critical organizations and political officials are one and the same. guerrero, where the students went missing, have seen hundreds of people found in mass graves in past months, and the attorney general said that he couldn't confirm the identity of the people in the mass graves, has led the students to more uncertainty and mor

girl reportedly kidnapped 12 years ago has been returned from mexico city. the fbi says that in april of 2012 girl's mother dara lawrence took 4-year-old sabrina allen for a court ordered weekend visit and left for mexico. sabrina's father has been searching for her ever since. she's now 17. >> these are not things that are done by loving healthy parents. these are things that are done as a power play, and the kids are the ones that pay the price. >> the girl's mother has been charged with kidnapping. >>> and a very unusual lawsuit in illinois. an ohio woman is suing a sperm bank because she says they gave her the wrong donation. tiffany tucker from our cleveland station woio explains the mixup. >> i have always wanted a child. >> reporter: jennifer and her partner looked forward to becoming parents. they went to the midwest sperm bank in a chicago suburb back in 2011 requesting sperm from a white donor with blue eyes. >> it was the most amazing feeling to know that i had a child that i was going to be able to raise to call my own. >> reporter: but that exci

in mexico city, students have launched a strike. demonstrators said a government building on fire. i on sunday, police opened fire on a van don't with students traveling back from acapulco, hitting and injuring a german exchange student. for more we are joined by two guests. first we go to mexico city where we are joined by a human rights activist, student organizer, law student at e-taham. talk about what has happened in mexico. >> good morning. there are 43eard, students missing after shooting by local policeman. these students were politically involved in their communities, so that makes us think this is political. you were speaking about the drug dealers being involved in this, and that is where we would like to intervene in the discussion. we think this is more complicated. you have to understand the state of the guerrero, how there are guerrillas on the one side and paramilitary people, like civilians, trained and organized by the military, also involved in one ends up being the government in these places. it is really complicated what happened. andssume this is political we

an array of stunning vintage vehicles drove down mexico city's main drag. that's what sara drives right there, that convertible. that's right. >> the event drew a quarter million people it was organized by the mexican federation of antique cars and history channel. that's a bat mobile? did you ever drive that. >> still ahead in the next half-hour, we'll have more on the top story of the src canceling it's contract with the teachers. >> which programs work and which leave you in the lurch. >> hello, again, here's some of the stories we're following on "action news" at 1:30. philadelphia school reform commission said the contract with public school teachers is now off. doctors and school officials are on alert after the death of a new jersey boy is blamed on a fast-spreading virus. >>> isis said an american-muslim converdict will be the next beheading. >> the philadelphia school district cancelled it's contract with the teachers and said it will impose it's own terms. vernon odem is live at school headquarters to explain what happened. >> reporter: the teache

the final item is a map of mexico city. oswald made a trip to mexico city prior to the assassination, and brought this map home. this was acquired by dallas police and the fbi and eventually the warren commission as well. this side of the map offers a smaller map with tourist spots which are identified on the side. as you can tell, certain things were circled. it was like that when we received it. obvious way, we were not at anything like that. the back side is a larger map. again, with several items circled. i had found in secondary sources people have written that some of the items circled -- and i seem on the side -- were actually the embassies of cuba and the ussr, but i have not found the primary documentation that is probably in the records that would document specifically what is circled on here. of course, the context for these are documented well in the warren commission report. in order for something to become an exhibit, it would have been discussed in one of the testimonies taken by the warren commission or refe

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city. they'd been raising money to protest funding cuts at their teachers' college, when they disappeared on the night of september 26th. investigators say local police opened fire on the group, at the mayor's orders. then, they allegedly handed over the students to a drug gang with ties to the mayor, who has now gone into hiding. the gang's leader and several members have since been arrested, but the case remains unsolved and the fate of the students, unknown. the lack of results has sparked public outrage and increasingly violent protests. just last week, demonstrators in iguala set fire to the town hall. mexican president enrique pena nieto insisted wednesday that he shares the outrage, as he met with the students' families for the first time. >> ( translated ): the president of the republic is also indignant before these incidents and i also became very impatient. the ongoing investigations will soon allow us to determine the whereabouts and broaden the search to find the missing studen

rachel los angeles vin, al jazerra, mexico city. >>> north korea marking its 69th anniversary of it's ruling working parties but authorities a kim jong unhasn't made an appearance fueling spec lax about his heck. he was seen limping in july a source close says the 31-year-old lead has hurt his leg and is recuperating. let's bring in harry faucet who is live in seoul, this intriguing, where on earth is kim jong un. >> reporter: nobody knows. the south korean government earlier this week said that they believed he was somewhere north or the northern outskirts, but nobody knows for sure. and what is clear, is that he appears not to have made an appearance at the year's marking of this anniversary. it's not a major figure, 69, it's it's not a big anniversary it's know not a huge issue that he hasn't turned up. certainly in the last two years he has come to the palace of the sun, the mausoleum where his father and grandfather both lie in state. and he has made his respects to them just after midnight. so the very beginning of the this day. and he didn't do that. at least there has been no

adam rainy, al jazerra, mexico city. >>> ray funeral has been held for one of the youngest members of venezuela's national assembly. robert sarah and his partner maria herrera were found shot dead at their home on wednesday. the 27-year-old was seen as one of the most promising leaders in the ruling socialist party. it's not known why they were killed. >>> al jazerra continues to demands the release of its three journalists impressed inky equipment know ham a fahmy, bahar mohamed and peter greste have now been detains for 279 days. they are falsely accused of aiding the outlawed muslim brother today. fahmy and greste sentence today seven years in prison, mohamed an additional three years for having a spent bullet in his possession which he picked up at a protest. they are appealing against their convictions. >>> in london, protests against the housing crisis are growing. both renting and buying have become so expensive, that 10s of thousands of low paid workers have had to move from the capital. the protests have become sent ordinary a housing development next to the form he olympic p

we went to ottawa and mexico city and had great meetings. i want to pick up exactly started talking about sudan and whatever. >> iraq. >> we have worked in canada and mexico and other regions in the world. rather than looking at this is a question of regional policy, the heart of the idea is how to think about north america as a continental base to deal with the questions you are dealing with peer questions of future energynd strength or whether it be economy, security. think what's been missing in u.s. policy is the recognition that rather than deal with north america after you deal with all the crises, which never ends, we have to start with north america in the process. the big difference here, david alluded to this with the european union, is european union has a logic of shared sovereignty and trying to deal with issues of globalization. the history and culture of canada and mexico in the united states certainly heightens it -- that each one is very sensitive to independence, sovereignty. so here are the challenges. how do you deepen in

al jazeera, mexico city. >> this weekend, fault lines travels to mexico, the disappeared look at mixing citizens and the impact on families searching for their loved ones. right here on al jazeera america, good news, about the economy today, sent stocks soaring now the government says the economy grew 3.5%, the dow rose 221-points the s&p gains 12 that's a big number, and that 200 went one number and the nasdaq was up 17, the i-phone one of the unmistakable symbols of western culture could soon make it's way to iran, apple is in talks to sell the i-phone in iran, old would only happen if sanctions continue to ease, restrictions on some imports to iran. the national guard is deploying troops to hawaii, as a river of lava flows through a small town, 83 troops will help provide security. a lot of residents have he advantage waited but they say they also appreciate the role mother nature plays in the on going development of hawaii. >> 2,000 degrees creeping at about ten yards an hour. there's no stopping this river of lava, headed straight for the hawaiian town. >> basically it is going to

al jazeera, mexico city. >> still to come. >> this year is worse than the previous. war has affected everything. >> yemenis complain of tough times as they try to celebrate the holiday. >> i don't know how old i am. my children say i'm the oldest woman in the world. >> there is a secret of her long life, walking the andes every day. >> major league baseball playoffs, we'll have more next. >> welcome back to al jazeera. these are the stories. protesting after warnings of eminent genocide. >> britain's prime minister says the beheading shows how barbaric they are. >>> north and south korea resume high-level talks later this month. the announcement was made as a delegation. >> pilgrimage is underway. marks the first day of eids. up of the most important muslim festival. many around the world are expected in mecca this year. but pilgrims continue coming. >> while camera phones are not banned in mecca, clerics are saying nothing about selfies, saying that it i it goes against the very spirit of this pilgrimage, not a bragging one. and many believe it will cause commotion.

we go to mexico city. what's the time frame in this identification process. is there a sense when we'll know if the students were the ones found in this grave? >> reporter: well, the mass gave was discovered last sunday, and it would take two weeks, and possibly more as the government conducts that forensic study. argentine experts conducting independent studies because the family said they do not trust the result of the government. you have two investigations going on, but it could take several weeks for those families have the answers as to what may have happened to their missing loved one. >> so many storylines going on around this incident. what has been the response of the federal government specifi specifically from mexico's president. >> that response has been incredibly slow. we didn't hear anything from the president. he did make another statement yesterday, on monday, when he promised there would be a full investigation, but he has not to the area where this happened. the top law enforcement attorney general went to the town and we understand that t

missing 43 students have arrived in mexico city ahead of talks with enrique pena nieto. they want to tell the president that they want to change the process of the search for the students for their children, they say there's too much focus on looking for graves and not nut focus on looking for them alive. they also want the president to make an effort to stop criminalizing the students their children. there is a lot of reports in the press based on leaks from the attorney general, from guerror united, something that the parents say is completely false and they want the government to say their children these students are not being criminalized. >> that's adam rainey. cesar vargas, calls on the u.s. to demand answers about the missing students. cesar welcome. >> thank you so much for having me. >> you say it's imperative that the u.s. seek answers. you say the violence will have consequences within the u.s. what do you mean? >> i think sometimes we hear the politicians, washington talk as immigration as just domestic issues. just as talking points. but because people emigr

througheople marched mexico city to demand the safe return of students. the march was led by parents of some of the students who disappeared four weeks ago. the students were last seen been bundled into a police van. you are watching bbc world news america. againstattle is waged an islamic state in iraq, more is being done to stabilize the country. there are reports from nigeria that dozens more women and girls have been kidnapped by boko haram. authorities have announced a cease-fire has in reached with the groups, which could see the return of 200 schoolgirls abducted six months ago. nigerianeek the government set aside a cease-fire agreement. more women have been abducted this week. the families do not believe that this agreement would bring the loved one back home alive. clashes inbeen more the rustic northeast. while the government favors the release of the abducted girls, suspected militants have struck again. this time seizing more women and , also in the region where the insurgents operate. question thento alleged government troops with boko haram

no leads nm until that informant found them living in a small apartment outside mexico city. the mother was arrested tuesday and extradited to texas. she told people allen was a wife beater who committed suicide. allen never gave up. >> people don't understand. they automatically assume, the kid's with the mom, what's the big deal. i can tell you if you do research or read about these cases, these are not things that are done by a loving, healthy parents. these are things that are done as a power play, and the kids are the ones that pay the price. >> reporter: kidnapped at age 4. she is now 17 and under the care of a psychiatrist. bill: a rough ride for the white house this week. now the white house hopes to change the subject back to the u.s. economy. will that work? martha: growing fears about ebola. as many as 80 people may have been exposed the to the deadly virus when that man came through in the dallas airport. should you be concerned? >> we know of a handful of people, community members, we'll be looking at the hospital at everiener action there. any transports to the

city. she dealt face-to-face with oswald while trying to get a visa and other paperwork from the cuban government that would allow him to defect. there is reason to believe there was a relationship between oswald and brandon went outside the walls of the cuban consulate and they were seen around town together, including a party attended by cuban diplomats, some of whom had spoken openly in the past that they hoped someone would kill president kennedy. is warn commission staff desperate to talk to sibley a durand -- to severe durand, to find out what she really knows. after much negotiation, it appears it's a bitter and will come to washington. she will agree to be interviewed good but that idea is the to the chief justice warren who refuses to allow her to be interviewed. she is economist. his words "we don't talk to communists. .h so she is never questioned i tracked her down in mexico last year. she continues to deny that she had any kind of relationship with oswald outside the four walls

. ♪ >>> i am a reporter out of mexico city, and i am in "the stream." ♪ >>> welcome back, we're discussing the rise in alleged torture of mexico's suspected criminals. experts say it may be happening in the name of the war on drugs. joining us now to discuss how u.s. involvement is impacting mexico's policy is a former senior agent for the u.s. drug enforcement agency, he worked undercover in various countries for 25 years, and is author of the book ""deep cover." i want to get to your experiences in just a moment, but first i want to talk a few numbers. the u.s. dedicated about $400 million, since 2008 they have given about $2 billion on the war on drugs. is there any oversight attached to ensure that there aren't human rights violations happening with funds from the u.s.? >> there are. there are two mechanisms one prohibits the u.s. from training any military police that have been involved in any human rights conditions. and the other is the u.s. congress put on mexico, making sure that we have some sort of mechanism to pressure the mexican government on its human right's record. so they

. >> reporter: they were found in mexico city, but escaped capture. >> reporter: she dyed the hair from blond to brunette and disguised herself. and sabrina was confined to a small apartment for years, and often not allowed to attend school. and under an intense campaign to hate him. >> she's been told i didn't want her, that i committed suicide. >> reporter: it set off a world-wide search after her mother failed to drop her off after a weekend visit. and featured twice on america's most wanted. nearly 7,000 tips later, philip klein, the private investigator he hired, was led to a small two-bedroom apartment outside of mexico city. >> mexican federals made a tactical entrance and they were removed to the airport. >> reporter: sabrina has not seen her father. she's under the care of a therapist helping her to readjust. so much to ask her. this question first. >> i'm going to ask if i can give her a hug. >> reporter: her mother, 44-year-old dara llorens used several aliases. she's jailed in austin on an aggravated kidnapping charge. >> thanks. and this girl has not seen her father, grandm

mexico's suspected criminals. experts say it may be happening in the name of the war on drugs. joining us now to discuss how u.s. involvement is impacting mexico's policy is a former senior agent for the u.s. drug enforcement agency, he worked undercover in various countries for 25 years, and is author of the book ""deep cover." i want to get to your experiences in just a moment, but first i want to talk a few numbers. the u.s. dedicated about $400 million, since 2008 they have given about $2 billion on the war on drugs. is there any oversight attached to ensure that there aren't human rights violations u.s.? >> there are. there are two mechanisms one prohibits the u.s. from training any military police that have been involved in any human rights conditions. and the other is the u.s. congress put on mexico, making sure that we have some sort of mechanism to pressure the mexican government on its human right's record. so they conditioned 15% on conditions that include using evidence. >> 85% doesn't fall under that?

tens of thousands marched in mexico city to mark the anniversary of the tlatelolco student massacre. days before mexico city hosted the olympics, government forces opened fire on students in the plaza de las tres culturas, killing up to 350 people. to date, no one has been tried. anniversary comes as 40 students remain missing in the mexican state of guerrero following an ambush last week. witnesses say police and unknown gunmen attacked buses carrying students from a rural teacher's college and players from a soccer club, killing six, including three students. enrique espinosa, who survived the massacres, says that this is a sign of the level of impunity in mexico. >> it seems that we are returning to the same thing that happened in those years back in the 1960's, oppression, political prisoners, persecution, and in justices. in venezuela, a lawmaker in the ruling socialist party has been found murdered in his home along with his partner. robert serra was the youngest member of the venezuelan congress. the motive remains unclear but the justice minister said the killings were carrie

city to a march, honoring mexico's worst massacre. it was a typical fund-raising push for them, aggressive but not violent. it's not clear why they were attacked by police and cartel gunmen on september 26th, the night they were last seen. were they in the wrong place at the wrong time? did their political activities upset someone? these are still unanswered questions. >> translator: they say protesting is a crime, but our children aren't criminals. the real criminals are free and in the government. >> reporter: what we do know is that 28 bodies have been unearthed from mass graves discovered in the town where the students were last seen. the parents don't trust the government to tell them the truth. they are putting their faith in argentine forensic experts who are here to conduct independent tests. as they wait days, perhaps weeks for those results, they will keep praying for that one thing. >>> three researchers from japan and the u.s. have jointly won the 2014 nobel prize for physics. they invented blue leds which are moringy effi

they were asking for donation to fund a trip to mexico city for afor a annual march. ipeople are wondering if this mayor, who has alleged ties to organized crime, may have been fed up with the activity, we don't know. what we know is that the police and the cartel in that county were colluding for years. the police were gangly an arm of organized criminal groups, and that they and cartel gun members who shot at these members. the students were asking for donation. many of the students fled at the time but 43 could not get away. they were allegedly seen being put in to police vehicles. we have not heard from them sense. parents reject the idea that dozens of bodies unearth in a grave outside of the city. they say are not their children. they say the government are not confirming those are the bodies but giving signals that they will confirm that. they're holding back and they say it will be two weeks. they just want to keep attention on it. we're going to see marchs across the rest of the country later on wednesday, and we're hearing also solidarity marchs that might t

to find the 43 students. >> we have more from mexico city. >> we have this protest outside mexico's attorney general's office, attention focused more and more on the individuality and humanity of the 43 missing students. protestors are carrying signs and pictures of the students reading their names out in a public display to show that these are individuals, 43 is not just a number that can be forgotten or put out of mind. they are trying to put attention on their humanity as a way to keep up the pressure on the president and his attorney general so they will get to the bottom of this case and find these students and find the people responsible for their disappearance and drink them to justice. for the second day in a row, the president spoke publicly about the case, promising to use the full force of his office to bring those responsible to justice, but people here don't have faith in him and they don't have faith in these institutions. they say they live in what is basically a narco state. they say hundred was people have been found in mass graves in recent months and the fact that the atto

al jazeera's rachel levine has more from mexico city. >> reporter: it took more than a week of pleading and begging by desperate parents before officials from the federal government would see them. but the government could no longer ignore their anguish. they need to force the police who took our children to tell us where they are. president enrique and his administration have been virtually silent about the disappearance of 43 students who were attacked by local police and gunmen last friday ain the troubled state of gu real estate ro. on friday, the minister of interior promised federal assistance but he refused to explain why it took so long for government action. >> we are not going to do an interview. >> dispute the growing frustration and anger of the families and the students, the story is getting very little attention in the mexican media, especially here in the capitol where some people aren't even aware that the crisis is happening. >> the missing student didn't make the front page of a leading mexican newspaper for three days in a row this week. it's a common belief among man

was a routine traffic stop and he was captured in the northern city and rachel reports from mexico city. >> reporter: forces in one of the most wanted cartel leaders and 51-year-old known as the general was the leader of the once powerful cartel. federal police arrested him along with his body guard on thursday, not a single shot was fired. he is the second cartel leader to be detained in a week. >> translator: one of the main criminals that mexican justice needed to arrest, this effort from the federal government and the work involved in this talk is really one of the fruits that we hope to have many more of so as to return the country to peace and security. >> reporter: a bloody war here against the rival, the head of the cartel. thousands were killed and he was known as one of tell most violent cities in the world and lost the war and the cartel weakened. >> he was a major player and in one of the bloodiest episodes in contemporary mexican history and the war here cost -- caused over 11,000 deaths. >> reporter: and the government like those before it continue to go after leaders like

only on al jazeera america ♪ >>> i am a reporter out of mexico city, and i am in "the stream." ♪ >>> welcome back, we're discussing the rise in alleged torture of mexico's suspected criminals. experts say it may be happening in the name of the war on drugs. joining us now to discuss how u.s. involvement is impacting mexico's policy is a former senior agent for the u.s. drug enforcement agency, he worked undercover in various countries for 25 years, and is author of the book ""deep cover." i want to get to your experiences in just a moment, but first i want to talk a few numbers. the u.s. dedicated about $400 million, since 2008 they have given about $2 billion on the war on drugs. is there any oversight attached to ensure that there aren't human rights violations u.s.? >> there are. there are two mechanisms one prohibits the u.s. from training any military police that have been involved in any human rights conditions. and the other is the u.s. congress put on mexico, making sure that we have some sort of mechanism to pressure the mexican government on its human right's record. so the

waldman when i covered the h1n1 outbreak in mexico city i was walking through empty streets through one of the world's largest streets, and finally business people said this is killing us. hundreds of millions of dollars of commerce was not being done to break the back of an illness that was not making people that sick. how do you match it so something that is proportional and have the public go along with it. >> we have to try everything we can as health professionals to educate the public as to the nature of these conditions, and try to stay away, as you said earlier, from anything that can disseminate any panic at all. there is a rational approach to this condition as there has been to others. for one thing ebola is very different from influenza. the example you cite, in that it is much less likely to spread rapidly. it is not spread through the air. it is spread only through contact with bodily fluids with someone who is exis exhibiting symptoms of the disease. there is a clear transmission that people with fevers who oh do not have a history of contact with anyone who has traveled

to an archaeologists dream, they have been uncovered at the ancient city right outside of mexico city. >> it is the result of a year-long exploration of this site and more important fines might be on the way. workers have discovered three more chambers that can hold treasures and keys to the past. >> it has been sealed for nearly 2000 years. the entrance to the underworld. researchers have been looking for more than a decade for this tunnel that takes the 103 meters into the darkness. experts say the 50,000 artifacts they found so far indicate this was the tomb of kings and queens. their civilization is thought to have been more powerful than the aztecs that came afterwards. the ancient designers even created an artificial sky buried deep under the earth. littering stones into the tunnel roof or intended to look like the stars. this whole construction was an exceptional accomplishment and an effort of large-scale proportions was done to re-create the conditions of how they imagined the underworld. the find shines on the history of the culture. the lighting researchers and that it is a

mexico city has a lot of problems as well. so it is a huge country with a lot of countries. >> thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. >>> let's take you to iraq now. a catholic church leader there has said that western air strikes haven't done enough to protect the country's christians. the arch bibishop of erbil says more force needs to be used to keep christians safe. tens of thousands fled villages and towns near mosul in early august as islamic state militants advanced through the area. from erbil in northern iraq, here's the bbc's quentin somerville. >> reporter: the peace and the quiet of st. joseph's cathedral in erbil is no more. the chapel gardens have become a crowded sanctuary for iraqi christians. most arrived here with only the clothes on their backs. when the islamic state overran their towns and villages. this was in june. the catholic church bells ringing out in defiance of i.s. in near mosul. a congregation refusing to flee. >> this is our land. we will fight for this land and we will stay here. we

we started to this a little bit with mexico but when we went to mexico city one of the things one of the mexicans for a to us, look, these energy reforms that the peÑa nieto and ministers are doing, they are politically tough and don't surprise yourself. it would be opponents that say this doesn't benefit. the oil reforms will take years to show up in jobs and other things. they said if we could expand the approval process to extend the electricity grid across the southern border, then we could get lower electricity prices which are quite high in mexico based on lower natural gas prices. we could produce more, as dave said, about 40% of everything that exports have u.s. value content. so that's another example where you connect the xl pipeline with the overall question of infrastructure for energy. there's parts on the u.s. site. you talk about slightly controversial recommendations. we talk about lifting the ban on the crude oil exports. if you want this energy revolution to continue in the united states you've got to be able to have pipes. that's what signals investment. if we don

. >> they were found in mexico city, but escaped capture. >> reporter: she dyed the hair from blond to brunette and disguised herself. >> she's had plastic surgery. >> reporter: and sabrina was confined to a small apartment for years. and often not allowed to attend school. and under an intense campaign to hate him. >> she's been told i didn't want her, that i committed suicide. >> reporter: it set off a worldwide search after her mother failed to drop her off after a weekend visit. the story was featured twice on "america's most wanted." nearly 7,000 tips later, philip klein, the private investigator hired by greg allen, received critical information from an anonymous source. it led them to a small two-apartment just outside of mexico city. >> mexican federales made a tactical entrance and they were removed to the airport. sf sflr. >> reporter: sabrina, now back in texas, has not seen her father. she's under the care of a therapist helping her to readjust. her father with so much to ask her. this question first. >> i'm going to ask if i can give her a hug. >> reporter: investigators s