The Government of Mexico has declared that addressing the issue of missing and unlocated persons is a national priority. In a location identified as a confinement, training, and extermination center used by the Jalisco New Generation cartel, skeletal remains and evidence of violence were found. In light of this, the United Nations Office for Human Rights has urged Mexican authorities to carry out a thorough investigation.
In response to these alarming findings, Claudia Sheinbaum, the governor of Mexico, announced a set of measures to address the problem of disappearances in the country. During a press conference, Sheinbaum expressed her commitment to ensuring the truth for the families of the victims and reaffirmed her government's priority on respecting Human Rights.
Sheinbaum detailed that a decree will be implemented to strengthen the National Search Commission with the aim of increasing its operational capacity. Additionally, she proposed reforms to the General Population Law to improve the identification of missing persons in administrative records and presented a second legislative proposal to reform the law on forced disappearance, intending to establish a single forensic information database that integrates data from forensic services of state prosecutors' offices and the Attorney General's Office.
These actions arise after mass graves were discovered on the Izaguirre ranch, near Teuchtitlân, which triggered marches in memory of the victims of disappearance. Sheinbaum assured that there will be no impunity and that actions will be taken in accordance with the law and with the full force of the State.
