I remember the incident

For eight years, the families of 43 students who went missing in September 2014 have been clear about who they believe is responsible for the crime: “Fue el estado.” (“It was the state.”) The phrase is regularly featured on banners at public demonstrations and graffitied across streets and buildings in Mexico.

I thought it odd at the time because both the Mexican and American presidents decided to run off to China while state actors were committing mass murder in N America.   Nothing exemplified the dystopia in the Swamp then the insensitivity.