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The Secretary General of the UN, António Guterres, expressed this Tuesday (17.05.2022) his “deep sadness ” for the more than 100.000 persons officially declared missing in Mexico, a figure released by the National Registry of Disappeared Persons.
Guterres also sent their “profound solidarity with the families of the victims who yearn to be reunited with their loved ones, seek them tirelessly and continue to fight for truth, justice and guarantees that this will not happen again,” according to their spokesperson’s office.
The Portuguese diplomat considered this figure to be 100.000 missing registered since 1964 “ it is a serious violation of human rights” and “causes tremendous suffering to victims and families, in addition to damaging society as a whole”.
Report of the CED in Geneva
However, he did not blame the powers in Mexico, quite the contrary, since “he welcomed the positive measures taken by the government to guarantee the rights of the victims of disappearance”, and asked him to speed up the process.
The past 12 in April, the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) published from Geneva (Switzerland) its report on the visit to Mexico that led out between the 15 and the 26 of November 2021, and in that ten days 112 disappearances.
The committee analyzed the situation in Mexico and, among other things, stated in the document that, Although organized crime is the main author of thousands of forced disappearances that are registered each year, the Mexican State is also He is responsible for this crime when it is perpetrated by his federal, state or municipal officials and impunity is allowed.