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Weekly Report - 16 November 2017 (WR-17-45)

MEXICO: Cross-referencing the disappeared

One of the criticisms of Mexican governments over the last 10 years is that they have done very little to clarify the situation of the ‘disappeared’: over 32,000 people whose fate remains unknown after being caught up in the seemingly never-ending cycle of violence between law enforcement and drug-trafficking organisations (DTOs). A new initiative by Datacívica, a local NGO, seeks to generate a more accurate registry of the country’s disappeared.

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