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Amnesty International on Tuesday reported that women searching for their missing loved ones in Mexico, where over 128,000 people have been forcibly disappeared, are increasingly exposed to violence and reprisals, with at least 16 killed to date.
In the report entitled Disappearing again: Violence and impacts experienced by women searchers in Mexico, the harrowing toll of grassroots search efforts is laid bare with 97 percent of women involved in these searches report facing threats daily, as they confront a climate of fear marked by the risk of torture, abduction, sexual violence, and forced displacement. These women, often mothers, sisters, and daughters of the disappeared, are not only denied state protection but are also targeted for daring to seek truth and accountability in a country where impunity dominates, and state institutions often fail to investigate disappearances or offer refuge to those who seek answers.
Additionally, in Mexico’s deeply patriarchal society, where women are often the primary caregivers, many face the impossible choice between searching for their missing loved ones and caring for the family that awaits them at home. With no supportive care infrastructure in place, taking on the dangerous and time-consuming work of searching often means sacrificing their caregiving roles, a decision that places further emotional and economic strains on families already grappling with grief. Mexico has gained notoriety for being one of the most dangerous places on Earth, with organized crime and drug cartels fueling the culture of fear in the country as mass killing sites continue to emerge.
Mexican state authorities are typically of little to no help in spearheading investigations into the disappearances of these innocent civilians, as it is their state policies that continue to accommodate the normalization of forcibly disappearing individuals. Originally used as a tool for political repression in Mexico in the 1970s during the “Dirty War” as a strategy against subversive groups, it has since taken on a different form and has been weaponized by criminal groups. Efforts to compel Mexican authorities to release a full report on forced disappearance statistics have faltered, as the National Register of Missing and Disappeared Persons (RNDPNO) relegates around 80,000 cases to ambiguous categories, citing insufficient data to guide their searches properly.
This obscure categorization raised alarm in the human rights arena on the complicity of Mexican authorities in cases of forced disappearances, especially since it had coincided with a government-led “audit” in 2023 that dropped the number of confirmed disappearances from over 115,000 to 12,000, in a clear effort by officials to manipulate figures and undermine transparency. Executive director of Amnesty International Mexico states, “All government measures on the issue of disappearances must include the meaningful participation of women searchers. Today, we reiterate: “Not without the families!” (¡Sin las familias, no!).”
It comes as no surprise that this wave of maternal activism has come into fruition, considering that victims and their families continue to be failed by the very system that was intended to protect them.
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In the report entitled Disappearing again: Violence and impacts experienced by women searchers in Mexico, the harrowing toll of grassroots search efforts is laid bare with 97 percent of women involved in these searches report facing threats daily, as they confront a climate of fear marked by the risk of torture, abduction, sexual violence, and forced displacement. These women, often mothers, sisters, and daughters of the disappeared, are not only denied state protection but are also targeted for daring to seek truth and accountability in a country where impunity dominates, and state institutions often fail to investigate disappearances or offer refuge to those who seek answers.
Additionally, in Mexico’s deeply patriarchal society, where women are often the primary caregivers, many face the impossible choice between searching for their missing loved ones and caring for the family that awaits them at home. With no supportive care infrastructure in place, taking on the dangerous and time-consuming work of searching often means sacrificing their caregiving roles, a decision that places further emotional and economic strains on families already grappling with grief. Mexico has gained notoriety for being one of the most dangerous places on Earth, with organized crime and drug cartels fueling the culture of fear in the country as mass killing sites continue to emerge.
Mexican state authorities are typically of little to no help in spearheading investigations into the disappearances of these innocent civilians, as it is their state policies that continue to accommodate the normalization of forcibly disappearing individuals. Originally used as a tool for political repression in Mexico in the 1970s during the “Dirty War” as a strategy against subversive groups, it has since taken on a different form and has been weaponized by criminal groups. Efforts to compel Mexican authorities to release a full report on forced disappearance statistics have faltered, as the National Register of Missing and Disappeared Persons (RNDPNO) relegates around 80,000 cases to ambiguous categories, citing insufficient data to guide their searches properly.
This obscure categorization raised alarm in the human rights arena on the complicity of Mexican authorities in cases of forced disappearances, especially since it had coincided with a government-led “audit” in 2023 that dropped the number of confirmed disappearances from over 115,000 to 12,000, in a clear effort by officials to manipulate figures and undermine transparency. Executive director of Amnesty International Mexico states, “All government measures on the issue of disappearances must include the meaningful participation of women searchers. Today, we reiterate: “Not without the families!” (¡Sin las familias, no!).”
It comes as no surprise that this wave of maternal activism has come into fruition, considering that victims and their families continue to be failed by the very system that was intended to protect them.
The post Mexico warned over rising violence against women searching for missing relatives appeared first on JURIST - News.
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