02/06/2016
SIPAZ Activities (Beginning of January to end of March 2016)
– LATEST: Pope Francis’ Visit to Mexico – A Word to the Wise is Enough
– FOCUS: WHERE ARE THEY? The Situation of Forced Disappearance in Mexico
– ARTICLE: From the Relatives of the Disappeared to Human Rights Defenders
– SIPAZ Activities (Beginning of January to end of March 2016)
02/06/2016
Following news of the arrest of Rosendo Radilla in 1974, his family began to search for him immediately. His wife and daughters combed government offices, prisons and hospitals. When they did not find him, they made public complaints, organized marches, meetings and protests as methods of pressure to demand the appearance of Rosendo.
02/06/2016
The news about the forced disappearance of the 43 students from the Isidro Burgos Teacher Training School in Ayotzinapa that happened in Iguala, Gerrero, on the night of September 26 to 27, 2014, has gone around the world. The so-called "Iguala Case" placed the theme of forced disappearance in the country in the media spotlight and today it is known that Ayotzinapa is only the most visible face of this problem. "Mexico is a huge mass grave", Javier Sicilia, member of the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity (MPJD in its Spanish acronym), declared in 2014, following the discovery of hidden graves across the Republic.
02/06/2016
At the beginning of 2016, two topics took up the forefront of the national media: the arrest of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman", founder of the Sinaloa cartel, who had been on the run since July 2015, and the visit of Pope Francis to Mexico from February 12th to 17th. The re-capture of "El Chapo" was widely celebrated by the Mexican Government. Nevertheless, according to the Attorney General of the United States, although it represents an "assertion of law enforcement", Guzman was no longer an active player and the infrastructure of the Sinaloa cartel remained intact.