A former mayor and his wife accused of the murder of 43 trainee teachers were the stars of one of the world's biggest carnivals before they were incinerated. Effigies of Jose Luis Abarca, former mayor of Iguala, Mexico, and his wife Maria de los Angeles Pineda, were set ablaze in a ceremony to get rid of evil spirits and ill feelings. The couple are currently in jail after they were charged with the kidnapping of 43 trainee teachers in Iguala last September. It is believed they ordered corrupt police to arrest the students and hand them over to gangsters. None of the students have been seen since.
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Jose Luis Abarca and Maria de los Angeles Pineda are in held in Mexico
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They allegedly arranged for the disappearances of students in September
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None of the trainee teachers have been seen since they were arrested
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It is believed that police handed them over to gangsters who killed them
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