Human Rights Watch Says Mexico's Response to 'Disappearances' Falls Short Eurasia Review
go to original October 9, 2014

Through in-depth research in five states, Human Rights Watch documented scores of cases of disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and torture carried out by security forces. (HumanRightsWatch)

Mexico’s efforts to address the large number of cases of enforced disappearances and abductions throughout the country in recent years have been marred by inexplicable delays and contradictory public statements, Human Rights Watch said in a letter sent to Interior Minister Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong.

The administration of President Enrique Peña Nieto has initiated important measures to find missing people, assist their families, and investigate and prosecute abuses, but with very limited results, Human Rights Watch said.

“The disappearances are a human rights crisis of major proportions for Mexico,” said José Miguel Vivanco, Americas director at Human Rights Watch. “But the Peña Nieto administration has fallen woefully short of its commitment to find out what happened to these thousands of missing people, and is now even slashing the budget of the special prosecutors’ unit it created to handle these cases.”

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