Mexico seeks 57 missing students after weekend of violence

Authorities were searching Monday for 57 students reported missing after weekend violence left at least six people dead and 25 wounded in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero. Twenty-two police officers from the city of Iguala were detained in connection with the incidents, Guerrero state prosecutor Inaky Blanco said. Iguala Mayor Jose Luis Abarca Velazquez and his public safety secretary were being summoned to appear before authorities. The violence Friday night and Saturday in Iguala began when police clashed with students who had seized three buses in a protest. Gunmen later opened fire on at least two taxis on a highway, as well as a bus carrying a local soccer team. Three of the dead were identified as students. The others were passengers on the bus. The National Human Rights Commission has said it is investigating.

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