{"id":20827,"date":"2014-10-28T15:23:16","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T19:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/?p=20827"},"modified":"2024-09-09T15:24:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T19:24:13","slug":"dplf-joins-the-call-on-the-mexican-state-a-month-after-the-disappearance-of-43-mexican-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/2014\/10\/28\/dplf-joins-the-call-on-the-mexican-state-a-month-after-the-disappearance-of-43-mexican-students\/","title":{"rendered":"DPLF joins the call on the Mexican State a month after the disappearance of 43 Mexican students"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than 80 social organizations from various regions of the world condemned the enforced disappearance of 43 Mexican students in the context of that country\u2019s \u201cWar on Drugs\u201d and failed security policies, which only serve to spawn more violence and institutional corruption. We urge the Mexican State to investigate the disappearances and punish these crimes.<\/p>\n

The consequences of the \u2018War on Drugs\u2019 in Mexico: executions and enforced disappearances of students<\/p>\n

For a month now, 43 Mexican students\u2014ages 17 to 25, from the teacher training college Normal Rural Ra\u00fal Isidro Burgos in Ayotzinapa\u2014have been missing after a series of violent episodes that allegedly involved, among others, Iguala\u2019s municipal police in the state of Guerrero, Mexico.<\/p>\n

These tragic events, in which 6 people were killed and 20 injured, once again reveal the social cost of the so-called War on Drugs in Mexico and its failed security policy. Both have resulted in more violence, grave human rights violations committed by the security forces themselves, and increasing levels of state corruption.<\/p>\n

On September 26th, about 80 students from the Escuela Normal in Ayotzinapa were held up by local police while travelling in three buses. Without notice, police blocked the road and opened fire indiscriminately, killing and wounding 26 people. The surviving students witnessed how municipal police made their classmates get into cars. However, they were never taken before any judicial authority.<\/p>\n

Various Mexican State forces have been looking for the missing 43 students, discovering clandestine graves with unidentified corpses in the vicinity of Iguala. Victims\u2019 relatives are waiting for the result of tests by independent experts to identify the bodies. However, as additional clandestine graves are found, more questions emerge in this already dramatic scenario regarding the quantity of bodies surreptitiously buried in that area of the country.<\/p>\n

It is essential that a paradigm shift be effected in drug and security policies to avoid similar cases of institutional violence and corruption in the future.<\/p>\n

Social organizations elsewhere echo the demand of victims\u2019 relatives and Mexican human rights groups that a search-and-rescue mission be carried out for the 43 students. We also urge the Mexican State to investigate and punish these crimes, as well as determine all the political responsibilities involved.<\/p>\n

\u2018They took them alive, we want them back alive!\u2019<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Abogadas y Abogados del Noroeste Argentino en Derechos Humanos y Estudios Sociales- ANDHES, Argentina
\n2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Abogadas y Abogados para la Justicia y los Derechos Humanos, Mexico
\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, Argentina
\n4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Acci\u00f3n Solidaria en VIH\/Sida, Venezuela
\n5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIDS Foundation East-West- AFEW, The Netherlands
\n6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Aksion Plus, Albania
\n7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Asamblea Permanente por los Derechos Humanos-\u00a0 APDH, Argentina
\n8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Asistencia Legal por los Derechos Humanos- ASILEGAL, Mexico
\n9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Asociaci\u00f3n Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia \u2013 ACIJ, Argentina
\n10.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Asociaci\u00f3n de Reporteros Gr\u00e1ficos de la Republica Argentina- ARGRA, Argentina
\n11.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Asociaci\u00f3n Lucha por la Identidad Travesti \u2013 Transexual- ALITT, Argentina
\n12.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Asociaci\u00f3n para la Prevenci\u00f3n de la Tortura- APT
\n13.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Asociaci\u00f3n para la Unidad de Nuestra Am\u00e9rica- AUNA, Argentina
\n14.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Asociaci\u00f3n Para Una Vida Mejor de Personas Infectadas\/Afectadas por el VIH-Sida en Honduras- APUVIMEH, Honduras
\n15.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Asociacion Pro Derechos Humanos- APRODEH, Peru
\n16.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Associa\u00e7\u00e3o Ju\u00edzes para a Democracia- AJD, Brazil
\n17.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Brazilian Harm Reduction Network- REDUC, Brazil
\n18.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Canadian Drug Policy Coalition, Canada
\n19.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cat\u00f3licas por el Derecho a Decidir- CDD, Argentina
\n20.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cat\u00f3licas por el Derecho a Decidir, Spain
\n21.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Monta\u00f1a Tlachinollan, Mexico
\n22.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Cat\u00f3lica Andr\u00e9s Bello, Venezuela
\n23.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Bartolom\u00e9 de Las Casas, AC, Mexico
\n24.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Centro de Documentaci\u00f3n en Derechos Humanos \u201cSegundo Montes Mozo S.J.\u201d- CSMM, Ecuador
\n25.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales- CELS, Argentina
\n26.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Centro de Investigaci\u00f3n Drogas y Derechos Humanos- CIDDH, Peru
\n27.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Centro de Pol\u00edticas P\u00fablicas y Derechos Humanos, Peru
\n28.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Centro de Promoci\u00f3n y Defensa de los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos- Promsex, Peru
\n29.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Centro Nicarag\u00fcense de Derechos Humanos, Nicaragua
\n30.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Centro por la Justicia y el Derecho Internacional- CEJIL
\n31.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CIVILIS Derechos Humanos, Venezuela
\n32.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Colectiva Mujer y Salud de Rep\u00fablica Dominicana, Dominican Republic
\n33.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Comisi\u00f3n de Justicia y Paz de Colombia, Colombia
\n34.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Comisi\u00f3n Ecum\u00e9nica de Derechos Humanos- CEDHU, Ecuador
\n35.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Comisi\u00f3n Mexicana para la Defensa y Promoci\u00f3n de los Derechos Humanos- CMDPDH, Mexico
\n36.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Comit\u00e9 de Am\u00e9rica y Caribe para la Defensa de los Derechos de las Mujeres- CLADEM
\n37.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Comit\u00e9 de Familiares de las V\u00edctimas- COFAVIC, Venezuela
\n38.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Conectas Derechos Humanos, Brazil
\n39.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cooperativa Nadia Echazu, Argentina
\n40.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Coordinadora de Trabajo Carcelario (Rosario \u2013 Santa Fe), Argentina
\n41.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos, Peru
\n42.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Corporaci\u00f3n Humanas, Chile
\n43.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Defensa de Ni\u00f1as y Ni\u00f1os Internacional- DNI, Costa Rica
\n44.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dejustica, Colombia
\n45.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Derechos Humanos Integrales en Acci\u00f3n, A.C.
\n46.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Documenta, an\u00e1lisis y acci\u00f3n para la justicia social, Mexico
\n47.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Drug Policy Project, Institute for Policy Studies, United States
\n48.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Due Process of Law Foundation- DPLF, United States
\n49.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights- EIPR, Egypt
\n50.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Equipo de Reflexi\u00f3n, Invetigaci\u00f3n y Comunicaci\u00f3n de la Compa\u00f1\u00eda de Jes\u00fas, Honduras.
\n51.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EQUIS- Justicia para las Mujeres, Mexico
\n52.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Escuela de Derechos Humanos de la Defensoria del Pueblo, Venezuela
\n53.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Escuela Nacional Sindical, Colombia
\n54.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Espacio P\u00fablico, Venezuela
\n55.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Espolea, Mexico
\n56.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fundaci\u00f3n Memoria Hist\u00f3rica y Social, Argentina
\n57.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fundaci\u00f3n Myrna Mack, Guatemala
\n58.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fundar Centro de An\u00e1lisis e Investigaci\u00f3n, Mexico
\n59.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Global Exchange
\n60.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Grupo Interdisciplinario por los Derechos Humanos- GIDH, Colombia
\n61.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Instituto Brasileiro de An\u00e1lises Sociais e Econ\u00f4micas- IBASE, Brazil
\n62.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Instituto de Estudios Comparados en Ciencias Penales de Guatemala \u2013ICCPG, Guatemala
\n63.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Instituto de Estudios Legales y Sociales- IELSUR, Uruguay
\n64.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Instituto de G\u00e9nero, Derecho y Desarrollo- INSGENAR, Argentina
\n65.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Intercambios, Argentina
\n66.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 International Commission of Jurists- ICJ
\n67.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 International Drug Policy Consortium- IDPC
\n68.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 JASS \u2013 Asociadas por lo Justo
\n69.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Justi\u00e7a Global, Brazil
\n70.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Madres de Plaza de Mayo, L\u00ednea fundadora, Argentina
\n71.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Movimiento Aut\u00f3nomo de Mujeres, Nicaragua
\n72.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Movimiento por la Paz con Justicia y Dignidad, Mexico
\n73.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Oficina Jur\u00eddica para la Mujer de Cochabamba \u2013 OJM, Bolivia
\n74.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Paz y Esperanza, Peru
\n75.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Plataforma Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, Democracia y Desarrollo- PIDHDD Regional
\n76.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Programa de Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos de la Facultad de derecho y Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad Nacional de C\u00f3rdoba, Argentina
\n77.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Red SurDH, Venezuela
\n78.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release, United Kingdom
\n79.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RESURJ
\n80.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sinergia, Asociaci\u00f3n Venezolana de Organizaciones de Sociedad Civil, Venezuela
\n81.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stop the Drug War. Org
\n82.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Students for Sensible Drug Policy, United States
\n83.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Unidad de Protecci\u00f3n a Defensoras y Defensores de Derechos Humanos \u2013 UDEFEGUA, Guatemala
\n84.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Washington Office on Latin America- WOLA, United States
\n85.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Instituto Lationamericano de Seguridad y Democracia- ILSED<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More than 80 social organizations from various regions of the world condemned the enforced disappearance of 43 Mexican students in the context of that country\u2019s \u201cWar on Drugs\u201d and failed security policies, which only serve to spawn more violence and institutional corruption. We urge the Mexican State to investigate the disappearances and punish these crimes. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[681],"tags":[],"country":[884,887],"issue":[859],"program":[873],"resource":[896],"class_list":["post-20827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","country-america-del-norte","country-mexico","issue-transitional-justice","program-transitional-justice-and-fight-against-impunity","resource-press-releases"],"acf":{"boton_1":"","url_boton_1\u00ba":"","boton_2":"","url_boton_2":"","boton_3":"","url_boton_3":"","boton_4":"","url_boton_4":"","boton_5":"","url_boton_5":"","boton_6":"","url_boton_6":"","boton_7":"","url_boton_7":"","boton_8":"","url_boton_8":"","boton_9":"","url_boton_9":"","boton_10":"","url_boton_10":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20827"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20827"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20829,"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20827\/revisions\/20829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20827"},{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=20827"},{"taxonomy":"issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue?post=20827"},{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=20827"},{"taxonomy":"resource","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource?post=20827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}