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Disappearing twice in Mexico
Although the current administration has shown a willingness to acknowledge the problem, since the previous administration, in which there were no meetings with the mothers or collectives, the official narrative has been responsible for minimizing the tragedy.
Disappearances and humanity in Mexico
Recently, much of the discussion about the disappearances of people in Mexico has revolved around the activation—by the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances—of the mechanism intended to address the widespread situation of disappearances in the country. The debates have essentially focused on whether the Committee was correct in invoking this mechanism, and on the stance taken by the President and her Government, as well as the President of the National Human Rights Commission, who have rejected the notion that there is a widespread situation of enforced disappearances in Mexico. This discussion may seem complex and only of interest to lawyers and other figures in the diplomatic world. But the truth is that it is an essential debate, though not necessarily for the reasons most analysts have mentioned. There are two issues that could contribute to the public debate, and that all of us who are committed to resolving the tragedy of disappearances must take on with responsibility. To consider, as the Committee on Enforced Disappearances does, that there may be a widespread practice of disappearances in Mexico would mean we are facing crimes against humanity. Regardless of what the UN General Assembly might say about the Committee’s preliminary determination (something...
Mexico: The New War on Drugs
The pressure exerted by Trump on Mexico has prompted a shift in the López Obrador government's anti-drug strategy, which now operates under the logic of negotiation imposed by Trumpism.
