Jose Luis Abarca

The mayor of the Mexican city where an attack by gang-linked police left six people dead and 43 students missing faces negligence charges for attending a party during the violence, authorities said on Thursday.

Federal forces on Tuesday patrolled a southern Mexican city where 43 students disappeared following an attack by gang-affiliated police, as investigators sought the motive in a case that has shocked the nation.

The mayor of the Mexican city where an attack by gang-linked police left six people dead and 43 students missing faces negligence charges for attending a party during the violence, authorities said on Thursday.

Federal forces on Tuesday patrolled a southern Mexican city where 43 students disappeared following an attack by gang-affiliated police, as investigators sought the motive in a case that has shocked the nation.