we were analysing the evidence. it was just not matching the official story. protests erupted across mexico. a team of independent experts began their own investigation and the government case starts to unravel. the mexican government claimed the students were on four buses when they were attacked. but cctv revealed students on a fifth bus. we saw that the mexican government was officially stating that the guerreros unidos were simply a local gang, and we knew that not to be the truth at all. my name is mark guiffre, and for 30 years, i was a special agent with the us drug enforcement administration. prior to the disappearance of the students, we had received intelligence that there was going to be activity relating to the movement of illicit heroin proceeds coming out of this particular location. we got authorisation to conduct a search of that location. and there we seized many kilograms of heroin, money counters, a quarter of a million dollars or so in cash and illicit he
the mexican government claimed the students were on four buses when they were attacked. but cctv revealed students on a fifth bus. we saw that the mexican government was officially stating that the guerreros unidos were simply a local gang, and we knew that not to be the truth at all. my name is mark guiffre, and for 30 years, i was a special agent with the us drug enforcement administration. prior to the disappearance of the students, we had received intelligence that there was going to be activity relating to the movement of illicit heroin proceeds coming out of this particular location. we got authorisation to conduct a search of that location. and there we seized many kilograms of heroin, money counters, a quarter of a million dollars or so in cash and illicit heroin trafficking records. we knew that day that we had cracked into a major criminal organisation with direct ties to iguala, guerrero. we received orders from a us district courtjudge and we began to conduct in
and i pray to god. i say, you know, i don t wan to live. it was a crime that engulfe the city, a young touris murdered he was stabbed trying to protect his mother we had to get everyone. seven teams convicted one says he s innocent you don t have to believe me look at the facts in this case now we are doing just tha tracking down witnesses. he was shaking. he started crying revisiting evidence - the most emotional thing wa reading the letter is he telling the truth or lying to win his freedom? we are about to find out this is a perry mason moment right, she s a surprise t everyone hello, and welcome to dateline in the late 19 80s, robberies, muggings, and even murders wer a sad reality of life in new york city. then, in 1990, a tourist was stabbed while trying to protec his family the public demanded action and then got it. police made arrests and pu suspects behind bars but one of the man convicted said he wasn t there was an innocent man in jail
every day i wanted answers, every day i was told it was an unknown. people don t just die! she was a loving mother he was a crime fightin prosecutor you are a pillar of tha community. i did what i thought wa right. then one day, the law was a his door his wife was dead in bed her eyes were open, she was pale i just remember crying, and not believing it suddenly suspicious but no evidence of a crime any signs of a struggle no. it was case closed years passed new lives. two new wives. he s extremely charming we just had the most amazin time then, a new detective dusts off the old case what s trumped out at you most definitely the arm where in a race position my first thought was the manner of death would b what s really happened in that bedroom i m - a young mother s death was mystery, but was in the murder tell me what happened to he to my face do not give me excuses it runs through the heart o america. along, meandering
one of the first things h did was reach out to the other man convicted of this crime, they were also imprisoned. i interviewed lamar alice who actually stabbed rya watkins, i interviewed fernandez, who - both said johnny was not hughes also watch the original interrogation videos, and for the first time, he saw how that other suspect tol cots that hincapie and another team we re not at the crim scene. they ll needed money? no, johnny and kevin left he was wasn t free, especially when he heard the suspects say a second time tha hincapie was not involved. so there were eight peopl surrounding no, there was six six, okay the law a team in cap ea journey never saw. the more investigated it, the more i can t believe tha he might be telling the truth.