Mexico admits local officials commit disappearances at the UN — then fights the historic alarm
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In X, John Paul Albán clarified that despite the actions, it does not limit the General Council to addressing the issue and taking action if necessary
The crisis of missing persons facing Mexico generated new frictions on Wednesday between the Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) and the government of President Claudia Sheinbaum, who has had tense relations with that United Nations body in recent months after she requested to refer the serious situation of the Latin American country to the General Assembly.
Despite the advances in the search for missing persons recognized by the United Nations (UN), the lack of transparency in the strategies undertaken by the Government of Mexico leaves doubts about the scope of these actions, experts and activists consulted by Sputnik agreed.
The president of the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED), Juan Pablo Albán, asked the Mexican government to clarify the location of 16,000 missing persons. The official asked to identify the persons reported as located during the last year and to determine if they were reunited with their families or if they received information about their [...]
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