In the context of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, groups searching for missing persons in Oaxaca marched in the state capital and demanded an end to impunity, institutional indifference, and disappearances.
During the march, they emphasized that, under national and international standards, disappearance constitutes a crime against humanity that the State is obligated to prevent, investigate, punish, and eradicate.
According to what they pointed out, the disappearance of persons is not an isolated incident but a daily tragedy that cuts across territories, social classes, and generations.
“Thousands of families have seen the presence of their loved ones torn from their lives, condemned to uncertainty, re-victimization, and the indifference of a State that, despite having constitutional obligations, has not provided an effective response,” they stated.
The groups demanded a special prosecutor’s office with autonomy, a sufficient budget, trained personnel, and a gender, human rights, and intercultural perspective.
They also called for the real and effective implementation of the State Search Program, meaning that it translate into concrete actions for prevention, immediate search, localization, and comprehensive support for families.
Among other demands, they highlighted the importance of sensitivity and respect in all institutional actions, avoiding simulation or trivialization of the families’ pain; a specialized forensic mechanism and urgent prevention of clandestine graves, with solid protocols and protection of the scenes; and effective justice with zero impunity, preventing Oaxaca from reproducing the national pattern where 99.5 percent of cases remain unresolved.
“No more indifference, no more omission, no more institutional pretense. Every missing person has a name, a face, a story, and a family waiting.”
On the other hand, it was in Sinaloa that a group of protesters took to the streets to demand justice for the missing and their families.
During the protest, on the steps of the atrium of the Culiacán cathedral, families of missing persons placed hundreds of photographs and shoes of their loved ones to highlight the serious crime of forced disappearances, which has increased in the state due to the war waged by organized crime groups.
In addition, banners with messages and images of men and women who remain absent from their homes were placed on the railing of the atrium of the Catholic church, located in the center of the state capital.
Source: vanguardia
