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114,000+ Disappeared In Mexico

Their families are tormented by not knowing: Dónde están? Where are they?

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Call on Mexico’s President to search for the missing and put an end to disappearances

President

López

Obrador

Government of Mexico

Dear President López Obrador,

I am deeply concerned that more than 114,000 people are now reported missing in Mexico.

Despite welcome commitments by your government to address this crisis, the number of disappearances continues to climb.

In solidarity with families of the disappeared, I echo their calls for effective action, in coordination with them, as follows:
	
- Investigate all cases of disappearances and enforced disappearances promptly, thoroughly and impartially and bring all those responsible to justice in trials that meet international fair trial standards.

- Allow relatives of the disappeared to participate in the census that records the number of people disappeared nationwide.

- Ensure that families are able to contribute information to investigators, suggest lines of inquiry and request evidence, and provide them with updated, accurate information about any progress.

- Provide the resources necessary to ensure that the Extraordinary Mechanism for Forensic Identification can do its job.

- Ensure truth for families of the 43 students of Ayotzinapa, a case of enormous emblematic importance, bringing to justice everyone who participated in their enforced disappearance including members of the armed forces.

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Call on Mexico’s President for searches, truth and justice

The world was shocked when 43 teacher-training students were taken away by Mexican police in 2014 and never seen again. Sadly, the number of disappearances has increased exponentially since then.

More than 114,000 people are now reported disappeared in Mexico. It’s a staggering number. But the disappeared are not statistics. They are people with families who are tirelessly searching to find them, often facing threats and even disappearance themselves, and without support that the authorities should provide.

FAMILIES OF THE DISAPPEARED HAVE THE RIGHT TO TRUTH AND EFFECTIVE INVESTIGATIONS

The families of the disappeared joined together in self-help groups and formed a national movement. Their relentless efforts achieved the creation of a National Search System to look for the disappeared.

But recent changes in the National Search Commission and a controversial new Disappeared Persons Search Strategy hinder efforts to find the missing. Their families are deeply concerned that the government has not ensured their participation and is no longer searching for thousands of people who were reported disappeared.

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