The civil organization Amnesty International (AI) urged the government of Mexico to investigate the discovery of mass graves and clandestine crematoriums, extermination camps in Jalisco and Tamaulipas, where around 30 people disappear daily.
The executive director of AI in Mexico, Edith Olivares Ferreto, called on the Mexican state to clarify the facts, provide the necessary resources, and offer dignified treatment to the affected individuals. Search groups for the disappeared in Mexico recently found several clandestine graves and crematoriums in Teuchitlán, Jalisco, and Reynosa, Tamaulipas, attributed to organized crime.
In a statement, Olivares Ferreto expressed that the Mexican state has been negligent regarding the issue of forced disappearance in Mexico, leading to the formation of search collectives, mostly consisting of women, who have located hundreds of bodies. Amnesty International called for the recognition of these searchers as human rights defenders and for the necessary guarantees to be provided to continue their work.
According to the National Registry of Missing and Unlocated Persons, there are 122,821 missing or unlocated persons in Mexico since 1950, with a significant increase starting in 2006, during the "war on drugs" of former President Felipe Calderón. The organization warned that militarizing public security in Mexico goes against rulings from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
Amnesty International also highlighted the high risk faced by women searchers, with 16 murders occurring in Mexico between 2019 and 2024, 13 of which were women, according to the report 'Searching Without Fear.'
