Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Mexico rejects UN charge of enforced disappearance impunity

Mexico

 Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday rejected appraisal from a United Nations committee that urged the country to fight systemic impunity in the face of forceful disappearances. “No international organization is going to put us in the dock if we are acting legally, humanely — if we do not allow corruption or impunity,” … Read more

UN urges Mexico to tackle ‘alarming’ rise in disappearances

UN urges Mexico

 Mexico must act immediately to tackle an alarming trend of rising enforced disappearances, facilitated by “almost absolute impunity” and in some cases involving public officials, a United Nations committee said Tuesday. “Organized crime has become a central perpetrator of disappearance in Mexico, with varying degrees of participation, acquiescence or omission by public servants,” the UN … Read more