“We want to offer an honest and sincere apology, without duplicity and without any ambiguities. We have to recognize that in this act of terror and barbarism, serious violations of human rights, legality, legal certainty, physical integrity and personal security and the lives of at least 63 victims were committed,” he assured. Wednesday.
In 2012, the National Human Rights Commission (CDNH) and the Executive Commission for Attention to Victims (CEAV) issued Recommendation 66/2012, which established the actions that the authorities of the three levels of government in response to human rights violations in order to comply with measures of satisfaction and non-repetition that recognize the dignity of the innocent victims.
Among the actions was offering a Public Apology for the events and the insufficient response from the authority, an act that was carried out on August 31.
Undersecretary Encinas pointed out that the Mexican State as a whole was not capable of guaranteeing the conditions of security, integrity, and protection that corresponded to it, and that it was not just another formal act to attend to the recommendation, but that it was “an act of justice in the memory of the victims” and their right to know the truth and punish those responsible.
“I come in the name of Mexico, of the Mexican State, not only to comply with this recommendation – which is our responsibility – but we do it with full conviction because not only since these events occurred have we accompanied this fight,” he assured.
