Mexico City (EFE) .- International Amnesty (AI) said that the strategy of the Mexican government to address the “serious crisis” of disappearance of people in Mexico “lacks an integral approach” and did not contemplate a “constructive dialogue” with citizen seekers in the country.
“The measures announced by the Mexican government to address the serious crisis of disappearance of people in the country lack a comprehensive approach and were not prepared through a constructive dialogue with the search collective,” he said in a statement.
The positioning of Amnesty International occurs after the controversy of the alleged ranch of disappearances of drug trafficking in Jalisco, and a few hours after President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that Monday will present reforms to strengthen the search for missing persons.
Amnesty International denounced that after the findings made by groups of search engines, who detected clandestine graves and crematorium ovens on a Teuchitlán, Jalisco, and another in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, these groups have been victims of threats of criminal groups and even state agents.
“In this regard, Amnesty International reiterates his call for the Mexican State to take urgent measures that guarantee the security and integrity of these collective. Their complaints cannot be ignored,” he said.
Also, before the report provided on Wednesday by the Attorney General’s Office (FGR), which confirmed human remains in Teuchitlán, in addition to irregularities and omissions of local authorities, he called the three levels of government to carry out an investigation “diligent, professional and attached to ethics.”
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“The more time passes, many tests can be lost,” said Amnesty International.
He reiterated that these facts exemplify the serious human rights crisis, remembering that the number of missing people in Mexico amounts to more than 124,000 people, which means that around 30 people disappear daily.
Edith Olivares Ferreto, Executive Director of Amnesty International in Mexico, said that, before the presidential announcement to strengthen the National Search Commission (CNB), they must also fortify the state commissions, in addition to the fact that the direct dialogue with the seeking collective “is essential”.
He warned that the National Citizen Council of the National Search System has not been renewed and asked to protect people in the whole country, by guaranteeing their human rights.
He also expressed concern about Sheinbaum’s proposal to create a unique national forensic information base and the National Human Identification Platform, since the forensic data bank has not been contemplated by law and it has not been specified what actions there will be to guarantee both tools.
Finally, he asked not to equate the crime of disappearance with that of kidnapping, as Sheinbaum proposed, and rescue the National Center for Human Identification (CNIH), whose “reactivation must have sufficient budget and qualified personnel”.
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