Sting Slams 'Epidemic' of Disappearances in Mexico Agence France-Presse
go to original October 12, 2015

Singer Sting and his wife Trudie Styler in New York on Sept 21 this year. (Reuters)

British rock legend Sting urged Mexico's government on Monday to do more to end the "epidemic" of disappearances after meeting with families of some of the country's many missing people.

Sting, who is on tour in the Latin American country, met with four relatives of missing Mexicans ahead of a concert in the central state of Morelos, according to Amnesty International.

"It is not hard to imagine the anguish and torment that families undergo when a loved one disappears, vanishes without trace or explanation, when attempts to find them or discover their fate are frustrated by the apparent indifference of the authorities to a situation that has become an epidemic in Mexico," Sting was quoted as saying by Amnesty in a statement.

"I met with some of the families, but they are just the tip of the iceberg," said the former frontman for The Police, who joined Amnesty's campaign against disappearances in Mexico.

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