Steven Dudley, co-director of InSight Crime: “Justice in Mexico has always seemed out of reach. And there was no better metaphor for that than the Ayotzinapa case where a mishmash of government officials and criminals colluded to end the lives of at least 43 students. For years, the case was buried in the ashes where many of the students’ bodies may have also been burned following their dramatic and very public abductions. But now, the case appears to be moving toward prosecuting at least some officials at the highest levels for obstruction and more. This is nothing short of historic—for any country. Connecting state officials to criminal activities is an important step in understanding how organized crime works in Mexico and many other places. It is not just low-level criminal groups working in some distant lands. It is the economic and political elites who work alongside them, and benefit from them. However, there are troubling indications that…”