Mexicans are blaming a mayor in Mexico and his wife for the disappearance of 43 student teachers in the southwest area of the country, states the country's attorney general Jesus Murillo on Wednesday.

The student teachers have been missing since September 26 from Iguala, Guerrero after having a conflict with the police officials during a political event. This incident challenges the claims of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's statement that the country is safer under his regime.

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In relation to the disappearances, the federal authorities have already arrested 52 individuals who could possibly be linked to the missing student teachers. Dozens of police were among those arrested and they are said to be linked to a gang called Guerreros Unidos or "United Warriors".

According to the leader of the said gang, Sidronio Cassarubias, who was caught just last week, the Iguala Mayor Jose Luis Abarca and his wife Mrs. Maria de los Angeles Pineda told police chief Felipe Flores Velasquez to stop the student teachers from disrupting the political event being held that day.

In a statement issued during a press conference, Murillo said the mayor, his wife, and the police chief have already been issued arrest warrants because they were the initial suspects for the disappearances.

The September 26 incident reportedly led to the killing of one student teacher while the rest are said to be detained and turned over to the gang members of Guerreros Unidos, who mistook the student teachers for members of a rival group called "Los Rojos" or "The Reds", adds Murillo.

The attorney general also added that Casarrubia told him that the wife of the mayor came from a family who is known for trafficking drugs and that she is the top boss of the said gang.

There have been initial findings of thirty bodies in nine mass graves but the examinations returned results that none of the bodies belonged to the student teachers. The investigations are still ongoing and in line with this, thousands of protesters marched in Iguala on Wednesday.

The march ended rather violently as masked men set fire to some of the municipal offices with Molotov cocktails while others smashed the windows of the buildings.

TagsMexico missing students, Mexico disappearance, Jesus Murillo, Iguala, Maria de los Angeles Pineda, Mayor Jose Luis Abarca