Mexico: where tens of
thousands disappear
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| Relatives holding pictures of missing loved ones in Monterrey, Mexico, on the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearnce.- AFP |
Disappearances in Mexico have reached crisis point with few
cases investigated and still fewer resolved.
By James Blears
In the past six months 2,789 people have officially been
reported as disappearing, according to Mexico National Victims Database.
But the real number is far higher. Many families are
too frightened to blow the whistle on drug cartels for fear of retaliation, as
they are often left unprotected by law and order.
During Mexico`s twelve years drug war, which has
claimed more than quarter of a million lives, Government Officials
calculate that more than 30,000 people have forever vanished.
This doesn`t include tens of thousands of Central American
migrants, who`ve disappeared crossing Mexico, trying to reach the US
Border.
Clandestine burial sites of the narcos` victims are
regularly unearthed. Yet few perpetrators are brought to justice, to
answer for what amounts to mass murder on a vast scale.
The Southern State of Veracruz has the highest rate of
arrests for disappearances, including a former Police chief, 20 Police
Officers and even an ex State Attorney General.
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