In Mexico, Family Members Left to Investigate Disappearances of Loved Ones PRI.org
go to original February 24, 2013

Mexicans search for the missing amid corruption allegations (AlJazeeraEnglish)

Hundreds of people in Mexico have simply vanished, victims of drug-fueled crime syndicates or perhaps corrupt law enforcement. But often those disappearances aren't given more than a cursory investigation, if that. And that leaves family members to do the investigating.

Some 249 people have disappeared in Mexico over the past six years, according to a new report published by the group Human Rights Watch.

The report says in 149 of those cases, there’s compelling evidence showing the involvment of government security forces. It also accuses the Mexican government of failing to investigate these cases properly.

One case highlighted in the report involves 10 hunters from Guanajuato who went missing in December 2010, Ernesto Cordero among them.

His brother, Jose Luis Cordero, has been investigating the case on his own.

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