Angel Aguirre Riverohe, the governor of Mexico’s gang-ridden Guerrero state where 43 trainee teachers disappeared last month has stepped down after weeks of protests calling for his resignation.<br /><br /> The students were last seen being taken away in police cars after a teachers’ rights protest.<br /><br /> Several mass graves have since been found in hills close to the town where the students went missing, sparking the protests.<br /><br /> Investigators say they have yet to identify the remains of any of the trainee teachers.<br /><br /> “I’ve decided to present my resignation to the parliament,” said Riverohe at a news conference. “It will be this Congress who will elect the new Guerrero [resident] to lead this crisis in the following months.”<br /><br /> The students were allegedly handed over to a drugs cartel. <br /><br /> Criminal gangs pose a major security challenge to the president. <br /><br /> Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said: “Today our priority is to find those young students from Ayotzinapa school and their location. After meeting with the governor I will meet with the security cabinet. Recently they’ve been holding crisis meetings every day.” <br /><br /> The mayor of the Iguala city where the students went missing is on the run.<br /><br /> Authorities have accused him, his wife and the police chief of being involved in the students’ disappearances.
