The Shameful Mexican Government Response to Inter-American Commision Report Carmen Aristegui F. - Reforma
go to original March 6, 2016

Following the scathing report released last week by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH) an official response was expected, including comments on the harsh realities brought to light by the report which have lodged Mexico in such critical condition. In lieu of acknowledging the issues at hand, they instead listed policies they had already implemented, and what they planned to do in the face of such serious issues. The Mexican government chose to adopt the most ridiculous and shameful standpoint possible: that of an ostrich with its head in the sand.

The Government’s irate response demonstrates its dangerous transition towards a withdrawal from reality. It has created its own little bubble through which it sees a diametrically different reality from the one that millions of Mexicans see, live and suffer through.

The joint official response issued the day before yesterday by the Secretariat of Government Relations (SEGOB), the Attorney General's Office (PGR), and the Secretariat of Foreign Relations (SRE) is one of the worst symptoms of the serious crisis this report describes and one that the Federal Government refuses to acknowledge.

The report details the human rights situation in Mexico at the time of the Commissions monitor and their visit here last year. It highlights the issues of disappearances, unlawful executions, torture, civil insecurity, access to justice, and of course, the rampant impunity.

The official response states:

“The Mexican State is emphatic in its assertion that in our country there is not a human rights crisis.”

It takes great nerve for someone to make such a bold statement without blushing. Ayotzinapa, Tlatlaya, Tanhuato, and Apatzingán to name but a few, are all part of a reality that won’t change if it is denied.

Read the rest at Mexico Voices

Related: Mexico's Human Rights Crisis (Mexico Voices)

Translated by Alexander Graham

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