The state of Mexico amid search for 43 missing students

Forty three student teachers disappeared in Mexico two months ago and they're still missing. The incident has led to protests and became a catalyst for the issues of corruption and instability in the country.

Ruben Martinez wrote about the issue and said it's "baffling how little attention most people in the U.S. have paid to the unfolding tragedy."

To understand the historical significance -- and the moral and political gravity -- of what is occurring, think of 9/11, of Sandy Hook, of the day JFK was assassinated. Mexico is a nation in shock -- horrified, pained, bewildered...

[Mexican Attorney General Jesus Murillo] Karam's announcement that the students were almost certainly murdered was a devastating blow to the national psyche. Until then, Mexicans had nurtured their slim hopes that the students were still alive (hopes stoked by the parents of the missing, who have tenaciously agitated on behalf of their children).

Now people are struggling to grasp the enormity of a case that pulls together all the forces that feed the monstrous violence of the drug wars.

On The Daily Circuit, we take a look at the state of Mexico today - touching on issues of drug cartels, immigration and corruption.

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