UN urges Mexico to protect activists searching for disappeared persons
MND Staff
July 21, 2023
The United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) has urged the Mexican government to protect activists searching for disappeared persons.
In a press release published Thursday, the UN condemned the July 11 attack on personnel from the Jalisco Attorney General’s office, which took place while they were investigating a clandestine burial site. The attack killed six people and injured 15 more. The CED has asked the Mexican government to immediately and exhaustively investigate those responsible for the attack.
Following the tragedy, Jalisco governor Enrique Alfaro suspended searches for missing persons based on anonymous complaints, to which the CED responded that “searches and investigations are permanent obligations.”
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According to the committee, there are more than 110,000 disappeared people in Mexico. Due to state inaction, victims’ families are often forced to undertake the searches themselves, often with the help of citizen collectives. However, such collectives are frequently targeted, with many members being kidnapped or killed.
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