Dad’s Disbelief Over Son’s Missing Shows Mexico Reeling

The last time Mario Gonzalez spoke with his son Cesar was on Sept. 26, when the college student phoned home to say he was happy at his new school. Hours later Cesar was gone, disappeared along with 42 of his classmates.

After speaking with his father, Cesar joined friends for a two-hour bus trip to the Mexican city of Iguala to ask passing drivers for money to fund their studies at a live-in public school, said a fellow pupil who asked not to be named due to security concerns. In Iguala, Mayor Jose Luis Abarca had plans for a public event that evening with his wife. He told the local police he didn’t want any protests by the students, said Jesus Murillo, Mexico’s attorney general.