Amendments to the Law on Disappearances: From Dialogue to Disenchantment

Elefante Blanco

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The reforms to the General Law on Disappearances approved by Congress are considered by relatives of victims from an achievement, because they were able to influence the legislative process through the working tables organized by the Ministry of the Interior (Segob), to “a trap” of President Claudia Sheinbaum, which reminds them of other approaches between the federal government and the victims. “It is a great achievement, because in the six-yea…

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Relatives of victims who participated in the working tables with the Segob consider that their realization was a pretext to legitimize the amendments to the law proposed by Sheinbaum and the creation of a “mass surveillance system”, while other voices applaud the possibility of participating in the process and point out that it was a response to the Teuchitlán case. Reforms to the General Law on Disappearances approved by Congress are considered…