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Missing Mexican student identified and how the protests impact the country's future

By Take Two Staff
Published Dec 9, 2014
Demonstrators hold a riot police during clashes following a protest against the suspected massacre of 43 missing students, near the airport in Acapulco, in the Mexican state of Guerrero State, on November 10, 2014.
Demonstrators hold a riot police during clashes following a protest against the suspected massacre of 43 missing students, near the airport in Acapulco, in the Mexican state of Guerrero State
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PEDRO PARDO/AFP/Getty Images
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Missing Mexican student identified and how the protests impact the country's future

In Mexico, protesters demonstrate almost daily against government corruption and the fate of the missing students from the city of Iguala. 

But some have wondered if the protests will ever ignite real political change, or if it will create a person that challenge Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. 

We talked about it with reporter Tim Johnson, he wrote about the unrest recently for McClatchy.