I Couldn't Even Imagine That They Would Kill Us: An Oral History of the Attacks Against the Students of Ayotzinapa

On the evening of September 26, 2014, local, state, and federal police in Iguala, Mexico, attacked five buses of college students and a youth soccer team, leaving six dead, dozens wounded, and 43 students missing. Journalist Gibler (To Die in Mexico) reported the events and collected hundreds of stories from those who survived as well as families of the disappeared students from Ayotzinapa Teachers College. Gibler determined the story was best told through "writing by listening," and here he weaves a narrative of the harrowing events through the words of the students, offering multiple points of view. The families of the missing then offer their accounts as they seek answers from the government, which was complicit not only in the attacks but in covering up the truth of what happened. The result is a raw and vulnerable glimpse into the violence that continues to affect parts of Mexico and the pain of parents who still don't know what happened to their children.