Suspects confess to mass murder

Mexican drug gangs responsible for grisly killings of 43 students

Gang suspects have confessed to killing 43 missing Mexican students, burning their bodies for 14 hours and tossing their charcoal-like remains in a river, authorities said on Friday, in a case causing national revulsion.

Facing angry protests in the biggest crisis of his administration, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto vowed to hunt down all those responsible for the "horrible crime".