After an expert opinion, the GIEI determined that it was “impossible to guarantee the authenticity of the reports” of the individuals allegedly involved in the disappearance of 43 students in September 2014, presented in the screenshots in the government report.
Truth and Access to Justice Commission in the case ayotzinapa presented its last report in August last year, in which, in addition to admit that it was a “crime of the state” involving officials at all levelsshared more than 400 screenshots of WhatsApp conversations, of which “at least 181” show inconsistencies, according to the GIEI.
At the conference, they said that first of all “it is impossible to guarantee the originality of the messages, since it cannot be determined by examining the metadata of the filesits authenticity, and it is also impossible to check the type of device on which the screenshot copy (capture) is configured.
They also pointed out that while the visual version of the app is in use between 2012 and 2015, there was no video calling option at that time, but the icon does appear. Equally, also there was no double blue check option (confirmation of sending and receiving a message), but it appears on the image. On the other hand, there are captures created before the date the messages were sent.
“The analyzed messages cannot be considered as digital evidence”detailed by Francisco Cox Vial, one of the four experts GIEI. “What really needs to be investigated is why they were delivered, who delivered them and how they were received,” said Angela Buitrago, another participant.
The GIEI, which extended its activities for a month, explained that at the moment only two out of four experts will remainCarlos Martín Beristain and Ángela Buitrago, to implement a follow-up mechanism on the case, given the movement since the release of the report on August 18 and the fact that the FGR has canceled more than 20 of the 80 arrest warrants requested.
Also, GIEI deemed it necessary that they remain because the new team of the specialized unit, which arrived after the resignation in September of former special prosecutor Omar Gomez Trejo, “does not have sufficient knowledge of the case.”
Source: La Opinion
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