The Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez Human Rights Center (Centro Prodh) has issued a statement regarding the lack of progress in the disappearance crisis in Mexico following the change of administration. The organization highlighted in a thread posted on its social media that despite the recent discovery of an extermination camp in Teuchitlán, Jalisco, the issue of disappearances persists without an adequate response.
According to Centro Prodh, belongings and degraded human remains have been found in various locations such as La Gallera in Veracruz, La Bartolina in Tamaulipas, and Patrocinio in Coahuila, evidencing the urgent need for a State Policy to address this situation. The organization emphasized the work of mothers' searching collectives and their crucial role in shedding light on these tragedies, but also stressed that greater societal involvement is required.
In its statement, Centro Prodh urged the population to join a vigil scheduled for Saturday, March 15 in the Zócalo of Mexico City in solidarity with affected families. It also called for the implementation of a humanitarian and national approach to improve forensic processing, highlighting the importance of the National Forensic Data Bank and the National Human Identification Center.
The organization criticized the lack of action at the federal level in recent years, mentioning that the manipulation of figures and the abandonment of crucial bodies like the CNIH have been prioritized, leaving each state to deal with the crisis. In light of this situation, Centro Prodh stated that the change of government has not brought about any substantial change in the issue of disappearances and emphasized that it is the Federation's responsibility to comprehensively address this painful reality.
