Ayotzinapa, Mexico (CNN) -- Students, parents, friends and residents of this town in southern Mexico are demanding justice in the case of a slain student they say was the victim of horrific torture. The slaying of Julio Cesar Mondragon, the shooting deaths of three of his fellow students and the disappearance of 43 others in Iguala, Mexico, are sending shock waves across the nation. What happened to Mondragon is difficult to describe. Those who knew the victim are outraged and fearful. The body of the 22-year-old college student was found lying on a street in Iguala in the early hours of September 27. The skin of his face had been peeled off and his eyes gouged out, according to witnesses and relatives who spoke to CNN.
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Julio Cesar Mondragon's body was found early September 27
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The skin had been peeled from his face, and his eyes gouged out
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He and fellow students were attacked in Iguala, Mexico; 43 still are missing
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The city's mayor and his wife were arrested this week, accused of masterminding attack
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