Mexico orders mayor's arrest over students

Mexico has ordered the arrest of the mayor of the southern city of Iguala, Jose Luis Abarca, and his wife Maria de Los Angeles Pineda, for masterminding last month's attack that left six students dead and 43 missing.

Reports say, authorities have searched in vain for any trace of the teachers college students who disappeared on September 26.

Iguala's Police force shot at buses carrying the students and handed them over to officers in the neighbouring town.

Thirty-six municipal officers in Iguala have been arrested, along with 17 Guerreros Unidos members and their leader.

ALJAZEERA