The president of the Republic, the Attorney General of the Republic, Governor Enrique Alfaro, the prosecutor of Jalisco, and municipal authorities have remained silent about the exorbitant number of missing persons in the country, which includes young people, children, and infants. According to official figures from López Obrador's administration, there are reportedly 60 thousand missing persons, a figure that starkly contrasts with estimates from search collectives for missing persons, which place the number at around 200 thousand individuals unlocated.
An investigation revealed that the Army was aware since 2019 of a ranch in Teuchitlán, Jalisco, where they recruited young people to later kill them and cremate their bodies. Testimonies collected in 2020 from neighbors confirmed this criminal activity. Jalisco, Tamaulipas, and the State of Mexico are the entities with the most cases of missing persons during the administration.
The invisibility of these figures is alarming, especially regarding missing girls, boys, and adolescents. Organizations such as the Network for the Rights of Children in Mexico report over 100 thousand missing minors during AMLO's administration. Local and federal authorities are now compelled to reveal information about these cases, under the threat of being accused of complicity.
Searchers for missing persons have been key in pressuring authorities to investigate and respond to these crimes. Society and the government will join in a frantic search for the missing and in the fight to punish those responsible.
The omission of authorities regarding the existence of extermination camps is as condemnable as the activity of the perpetrators. The complicity of authorities, police, and members of the Army in such crimes is evident. The recent revelation of extermination camps in Jalisco and Tamaulipas raises the disturbing question of the existence of more similar sites in the country.
The number of missing persons in Mexico is terrifying, and the negligence in addressing this problem has been evident. The struggle of mothers searching for their loved ones has uncovered a brutal reality that demands justice and action from the authorities. The existence of extermination camps is an open wound in Mexican society that urgently needs to be healed.
