Missing Mexico students: Iguala mayor arrest ordered
22 October 2014 Last updated at 17:58 ET
Missing Mexico students: Iguala mayor arrest ordered
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The students were last seen being bundled into police cars on 26 September[/font]
Mexico's government has ordered the arrest of the mayor of the southern town of Iguala, where six people died and 43 students disappeared after clashing with local police last month.
Mexico's chief prosecutor said Mayor Jose Luis Abarca ordered the police operation, to stop the students disrupting an event hosted by his wife.
The couple are said to be on the run.
The protesting students were last seen being bundled into police cars after the clashes on 26 September.
Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam said Mr Abarca, his wife Maria de los Angeles Pineda and police chief Felipe Flores were wanted "as the individuals who likely organised the events that took place in Iguala on 26 September".
He also alleged that Ms Pineda had links to a local drug gang Guerreros Unidos (United Warriors).
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