President Claudia Sheinbaum headed this Tuesday's presidential conference from the National Palace, where she addressed issues of national relevance. Sheinbaum denied this Tuesday that the crisis of disappearances in Mexico could be a crime against humanity, as stated last week by the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED), and again criticized its recent report for its 'weaknesses' and its 'orientation'. In her press conference, the head of state said that a crime against humanity is 'something else' defined by the United Nations and does not adapt to the situation in Mexico, where there are more than 130,000 missing persons according to official figures. 'One thing is forced disappearance generated from the State, which is what happened in Mexico during the so-called 'dirty war' (...) We separate into two what we present here. If the disappearance of a person by a State authority occurs, it must be sanctioned'. The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances expressed the possibility that disappearances in Mexico could constitute a crime against humanity due to its scope, an extreme that Claudia Sheinbaum rejected because, she assured, this type of offense requires 'systematic attacks against the civilian population' by the State. The Government of Mexico is making an effort to eradicate this crime and to find the missing persons along with their families. For all this, she reiterated her critical position towards the report prepared by the CED because it 'did not take into account' the observations presented by the Mexican Executive. 'They cannot accuse a government that fought against forced disappearance by the State of committing the same crime or of equating disappearance in Mexico with that crime,' she emphasized while lamenting that 'they are not recognizing the effort that' her Government is making. The president accused the document of being 'oriented' to 'criticize' the Mexican State and to take that position to the UN General Assembly, something that 'has no place'—she indicated—because we are 'attending to the issue'. Finally, she denied that the North American country is 'overwhelmed' by the crisis of disappearances, caused by 'organized crime', and said that her commitment is that there is no 'impunity' and they are working with the search groups for this. What happened in those times, that no longer happens.
