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Weekly Report - 28 March 2018 (WR-18-12)

MEXICO: Disappearance cases put Jalisco on high alert

The disappearance of a group of university students in Guadalajara, Mexico’s second city and the capital of Jalisco state, has produced alarm. Much like the September 2014 mass abduction and presumed murder of 43 trainee teachers from the town of Iguala, Guerrero state, the fear is that this could turn out to be another gross human rights violation case that the authorities have been unable to prevent. The still unresolved Iguala case has earned the administration of President Enrique Peña Nieto persistent domestic and international opprobrium, and, should the worst fears be realised in Guadalajara, the Mexican authorities will have another major problem on their hands.

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