Mexicans turn Ash Wednesday into day of remembrance for the 43 missing Ayotzinapa students

By Jezebel Admin | February 19, 2015 | 4:20pm

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Many Mexican Catholics celebrated Ash Wednesday by putting the number 43 on their foreheads instead of the cross as a sign of solidarity with the missing Ayotzinapa students who disappeared on Sept. 26.

The Catholic faithful then uploaded their pictures to Mexican social media with the hashtag #43NoSonCeniza, which means “The 43 are not ashes.”