Mexico outraged over 43 missing students, thousands take to the streets in national strike

Protestors face off against federal police over barriers surrounding the National Palace in Mexico City, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Protesters marched in the capital city to demand authorities find 43 missing college students, seeking to pressure the government. Mexico officially lists more than 20 thousand people as having gone missing since the start of the country's drug war in 2006, and the search for the missing students has turned up other, unrelated mass graves. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Protestors gather in Zocalo, the main square, in Mexico City, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Protesters marched in the capital city to demand authorities find 43 missing college students, seeking to pressure the government. Mexico officially lists more than 20 thousand people as having gone missing since the start of the country's drug war in 2006. And the search for the missing students has turned up other, unrelated mass graves.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Protersters hold up posters demanding the removal of Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto during a massive march in Mexico City,Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Protesters marched in the capital city to demand authorities find 43 missing college students, seeking to pressure the government. Mexico officially lists more 22 thousand people as having gone missing since the start of the country's drug war in 2006, and the search for the missing students has turned up other unrelated mass graves. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

A protester holds up burning incense during a massive march in Mexico City,Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Protesters marched in the capital city to demand authorities find 43 missing college students, seeking to pressure the government. Mexico officially lists more than 22 thousand people as having gone missing since the start of the country's drug war in 2006, and the search for the missing students has turned up other, unrelated mass graves. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Tens of thousand of protesters gather in Mexico City's main sqaure "El Zocalo," during a march in the capital city to demand authorities find 43 missing college students, in Mexico City, Thursday Nov. 20, 2014. Mexico officially lists more than 22 thousand people as having gone missing since the start of the country's drug war in 2006, and the search for the missing students has turned up other, unrelated mass graves. in Mexico City, Thursday, November 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Federal police advance into the Zocalo as they drive back violent protestors from the National Palace, in Mexico City, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Protesters marched in the capital city to demand authorities find 43 missing college students, seeking to pressure the government. Mexico officially lists more than 20 thousand people as having gone missing since the start of the country's drug war in 2006, and the search for the missing students has turned up other, unrelated mass graves.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Protesters shout as they protest during a massive march in Mexico City, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Protesters marched in the capital city to demand authorities find 43 missing college students, seeking to pressure the government. Mexico officially lists more than 22 thousand people as having gone missing since the start of the country's drug war in 2006, and the search for the missing students has turned up other, unrelated mass graves. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

An effigy depicting Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto is set on fire during a massive march in Mexico City, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Protesters marched in the capital city to demand authorities find 43 missing college students, seeking to pressure the government. Mexico officially lists more than 20 thousand people as having gone missing since the start of the country's drug war in 2006, and the search for the missing students has turned up other, unrelated mass graves. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

EDS NOTE GRAPHIC GESTURE - A protestor makes a graphic gesture to police as they use fire extinguishers to drive back protestors breaking through the barrier in front of the National Palace in Mexico City, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Protesters marched in the capital city to demand authorities find 43 missing college students, seeking to pressure the government. Mexico officially lists more than 20 thousand people as having gone missing since the start of the country's drug war in 2006, and the search for the missing students has turned up other, unrelated mass graves.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

A protestor carrying an incendiary device runs at Federal police, as they clash in the Zocalo in front of the National Palace, in Mexico City, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Protesters marched in the capital city to demand authorities find 43 missing college students, seeking to pressure the government. Mexico officially lists more than 20 thousand people as having gone missing since the start of the country's drug war in 2006, and the search for the missing students has turned up other, unrelated mass graves. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

A protesters holds a poster with portraits of some of the 43 missing students during a massive march in Mexico City,Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Protesters marched in the capital city to demand authorities find 43 missing college students, seeking to pressure the government. Mexico officially lists more than 22 thousand people as having gone missing since the start of the country's drug war in 2006, and the search for the missing students has turned up other, unrelated mass graves. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

A protester holds up a poster making a parody of Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto during a massive march in Mexico City, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Protesters marched in the capital city to demand authorities find 43 missing college students, seeking to pressure the government. Mexico officially lists more than 20 thousand people as having gone missing since the start of the country's drug war in 2006. And the search for the missing students has turned up other, unrelated mass graves. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Candles surround protest signs, the largest reading "Mexico is a failed state," during a march to protest the disappearance of 43 college students, in the Zocalo, in Mexico City, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Protesters marched in the capital city to demand authorities find the missing students, seeking to pressure the government. Mexico officially lists more than 20 thousand people as having gone missing since the start of the country's drug war in 2006. And the search for the missing students has turned up other, unrelated mass graves.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

A man faces off federal police as protestors attempted to break down a barrier in front of the National Palace in Mexico City, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Protesters marched in the capital city to demand authorities find 43 missing college students, seeking to pressure the government. Mexico officially lists more than 20 thousand people as having gone missing since the start of the country's drug war in 2006, and the search for the missing students has turned up other, unrelated mass graves.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Riot police surround protesters who had clashed with police during a march near the airport in Mexico City, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Protesters marched to demand authorities find 43 missing college students, trying to step up pressure on the government on a day traditionally reserved for the celebration of the 1910-17 Revolution. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Protestors tear down barriers surrounding the National Palace in Mexico City, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Protesters marched in the capital city to demand authorities find 43 missing college students, seeking to pressure the government. Mexico officially lists more than 20 thousand people as having gone missing since the start of the country's drug war in 2006, and the search for the missing students has turned up other, unrelated mass graves. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Protesters walk under a giant net and with their hands painted red during a massive march in Mexico City,Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Protesters marched in the capital city to demand authorities find 43 missing college students, seeking to pressure the government. Mexico officially lists more than 22 thousand people as having gone missing since the start of the country's drug war in 2006, and the search for the missing students has turned up other, unrelated mass graves. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Protestors launch paper lanterns in the main square, Zocalo, in Mexico City, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Protesters marched in the capital city to demand authorities find 43 missing college students, seeking to pressure the government. Mexico officially lists more than 20 thousand people as having gone missing since the start of the country's drug war in 2006. And the search for the missing students has turned up other, unrelated mass graves.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Protesters holds a banner that reads in Spanihs "Where are the 43?" referring to the 43 missing students, during a massive march in Mexico City,Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Protesters marched in the capital city to demand authorities find 43 missing college students, seeking to pressure the government. Mexico officially lists more than 22 thousand people as having gone missing since the start of the country's drug war in 2006, and the search for the missing students has turned up other, unrelated mass graves. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)