--- description: The mayor of the Mexican city of Iguala who is suspected of ordering an attack on dozens of college students was arrested in Mexico City title: Fugitive Mexican Mayor Suspected in Missing-Students Case Is Arrested image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Fugitive Mexican Mayor Suspected in Missing-Students Case Is Arrested  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Nov 4, 2014 4:21 PM CUT  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Nov 4, 2014 4:21 PM CUT The mayor of the Mexican city of Iguala who is suspected of ordering an attack on dozens of college students was [reportedly](http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mayor-iguala-arrested-20141104-story.html "undefined") arrested Tuesday in Mexico City. José Luis Abarca had been the target of a manhunt for weeks since he took a leave of absence in late September and subsequently disappeared, according to the Los Angeles _Times_, which cited a [tweet](https://twitter.com/joserra%5Fsalinas/status/529586193374392320 "undefined") about the capture by federal police spokesman José Ramón Salinas. In the days before Abarca left, 43 students had disappeared in a confrontation with local police over possible plans to disrupt a speech by his wife, Maria de los Angeles Pineda, who was also detained Tuesday. Authorities have found about three down bodies in hidden graves, but none have been identified as any of the missing students. [Read the full story in the Los Angeles _Times_](http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mayor-iguala-arrested-20141104-story.html "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3556109/mexican-mayor-arrested/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3556109/mexican-mayor-arrested/"},"headline":"Fugitive Mexican Mayor Suspected in Missing-Students Case Is Arrested","datePublished":"2014-11-04T16:21:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:12:18.802Z","description":"Federal police made the announcement on Tuesday","url":"https://time.com/3556109/mexican-mayor-arrested/","keywords":["Crime","Mexico","kidnapping"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3556109/mexican-mayor-arrested/","name":"Fugitive Mexican Mayor Suspected in Missing-Students Case Is Arrested"}}]}] ```