In international human rights law, an enforced disappearance occurs when a person is secretly abducted by a state, political organization, or by a third party.
Amnesty International writes that by the end of 2016, 29,917 people (22,414 men and 7,503 women) were reported as missing by the government.
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Amnesty International Report on Mexico (2016)Mexico received its highest-ever number of asylum claims, mostly from people fleeing violence in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. Human rights defenders and independent observers were subjected to intense smear campaigns; journalists continued to be killed and threatened for their work.
Cases of Disappearances Documented by Human Rights WatchThe names included in this list are cases in which Human Rights Watch found sufficient evidence to conclude that the individuals were victims of “disappearances.” This annex is a part of the report "MEXICO’S DISAPPEARED: The Enduring Cost of a Crisis Ignored" by the Human Rights Watch.
Marches Commemorate Anniversary of 43 Missing Student-Teachers in MexicoOn Sept. 26, 2014, 43 student-teachers from Raúl Isidro Burgos Rural Teachers’ College of Ayotzinapa went missing. Protests and marches on March 27, 2015 across the globe marked the fact that there are still no answers for their families.
