An inherited crisis
The disappearances in Mexico are a transsexenal problem that president Claudia Sheinbaum also inherited.
The increase in the phenomenon coincided with the beginning of the so -called “war on drug trafficking”, during the six -year period of former president Felipe Calderón. Of the Historical Registry of 347,374 people reported as missing since 1952, 87% They correspond to the sexennia of Calderón, Enrique Peña Nieto, Andrés Manuel López Obrador and the start of Sheinbaum.
To date, 122,127 people still do not appear, of which 5,224 joined this government.
During the present administration, every day in the country 77 disappearances are reported, of which, on average, they remain without locating 40.
Mexico has adopted various measures to address disappearances such as the issuance of the General Law in the field, establish the National Person Specialized in investigation of the crimes of forced disappearance of persons. However, the country continues to face a crisis in the matter.
Agree the report ‘The disappearances in Mexico’, Prepared by the founding organization, impunity plays an essential factor in disappearances.
“According to research from Mexican civil society organizations, from 2019 to 2022 they were registered 35,669 disappearanceswhile the local judicial powers only reported 141 convictions for crimes of forced disappearance and committed by individuals. This shows that there is no proportion between the number of cases of disappearance that is recorded and the number of cases that are clarified, ”he says.
“The tragedy is even greater if it is considered that, with respect to these thousands of cases, impunity is almost absolute. This impunity and lack of truth translates into the same of hundreds of thousands of victims who at this time suffer the torture of no know the whereabouts of their loved ones. “
To found, the existence of more than 100,000 people who are still missing not only reflects a human rights crisis, but “negligent conduct” and, in some cases criminal, of justice attorney and administration systems.
In an interview, Grace Fernández, he agrees that, when in Mexico there is a sentence for a missing person, it can be considered as a “miracle.”
“The disappearance is the paradigm of the perfect crime because there is no justice. 46 sentences for disappearance at the federal level is absolutely nothing for more than 130,000 missing in the country. When it is processed or prosecuted to prosecute a investigation folder, it seems more like a Miracle that a process of justice, “he says.
… And violence continues against seeking mothers
Violence has also arrived for activists and seekers who do work together with relatives to find their disappeared.
Sofía Raygoza Ceballos, a mother -seeking mother of Zacatecas, was killed on the weekend in the municipality of Villanueva, confirmed the State Prosecutor’s Office yesterday.
The woman was found last Saturday inside a gray vehicle, so the state agency initiated a feminicide investigation folder.
In February 2023, Raygoza reported the disappearance of his daughter Frida Sofía. Days later, the Mother Search man faced the then mayor of Jerez, Humberto Salazar, to demand the location of the young woman, who was ultimately found alive.
At least eight search engines have been killed from 2021 to date.
