Mexico's human rights commission says two Mexican federal police officers participated in the disappearance of 43 students in Guerrero state in 2014.
An unidentified witness said the federal officers were present when 15 to 20 youths were taken off a bus and led away, the commission said.
Local police told them they were taking the students away for "the boss" to decide their fate, the commission said.
The government says corrupt local police handed them to a drugs cartel.
The criminals then killed the students and incinerated their bodies, the government says.
Jose Larrieta Carrasco from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said the witness overheard conversations by Iguala police who forced the bus to stop by shooting out its tyres.
When federal police arrived and asked what was happening, an Iguala officer reportedly said they were taking the students away to the town of Huitzuco for "the boss" to decide what to do with them.
The federal officers said "OK, that's good" and allowed the local police to take the students away, the NHRC said.
BBC News. (2016). Mexico federal police 'saw Iguala students being taken away' - BBC News. [online] Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-36049348 [Accessed 3 May 2016].
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