Amnesty International Claims Mexico is 'Failing to Tackle Disappearances' BBC News
go to original June 4, 2013

Maria Herrera holds the portraits of four of her children who have gone missing since 2008 and a portrait of a human rights activist killed in 2011. On Friday May 10th, Herrera participated in a protest in which mothers of missing people demanded more action from the Mexican government. (Manuel Rueda/ABC-Univision)

Amnesty International has said the Mexican government is not doing enough to investigate the disappearances of thousands of people.

"Disappearances in Mexico have become commonplace because federal and state authorities have tolerated and refused to clamp down on them," Amnesty says in a new report.

... Critics of the war-on-drugs policy of former President Felipe Calderon say police brought about an escalation in violence.

"These figures demonstrate one of the key human rights challenges facing the government of Enrique Pena Nieto," said Rupert Knox, Amnesty International researcher on Mexico.

"Ending the crisis of disappearances, locating the victims and holding those responsible to account - regardless of whether they are criminals or public officials."

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