Mexico City, Nov 26 (IANS/EFE): The Mexican government plans to rework its internal security policy to check the violence and corruption that prevails after 43 students in police custody went missing, outraging the nation.

After weeks of protests, both peaceful and violent, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto Tuesday confirmed that he would present a plan this week to prevent incidents like that of the students from reoccurring.

"All of this leads us to mark a course that will allow us to prevent deplorable events like the one in Iguala from repeating," he said at a public event in Hidalgo state, referring to the town from where the students disappeared.

Without giving any details about the plan which he will unveil Thursday, the president said that it would require a collective effort from Congress as well as society.

"We do not want violence from organised crime that has infiltrated different parts of the government," he said.

The conservative National Action Party expressed hope that Peña Nieto's announcement would help to resolve the insecurity in the country and end corruption which is eating away at all institutions.

"I wish they would make it clear what they are going to do about the lack of security, resolving the country's economic problems and ending corruption," Senator Jorge Luis Preciado said.

The students went missing on the night of Sep 26 after an altercation with Iguala police who arrested them and turned them over to a local criminal gang.

According to testimony from some gang members interrogated by the authorities, the students were killed and their bodies were burned to ashes.