According to a report by NBC, authorities have now said that the three Mexican film students who went missing in March in Guadalajara, were kidnapped, tortured and killed, before their remains were dissolved in acid. State prosecutors claim that the criminals responsible had confused the students with members of a rival gang. Academy Award winning director Guillermo del Toro, who is a native of Guadalajara, tweeted, “Words can’t explain the dimension of this madness.