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[Otterly]

Migrants & Suspected Migrants UIDs - Google My Maps

Here is the link for the google maps I have created for the migrants and suspected to be migrants.
I divided the UIDs up via state. Unfortunately, I was not able to add a layer for each and every state so, I put the states that have very few in the "Other States" section. Also sadly, I wasn't able to post each and every migrant on the map. Although, because I have been busy this past month and will be for these upcoming months, I will try the best I can to fit into my regime adding more migrants to the map.
Unfortunately, this map is not perfect perfect, but I think it is worth it.

Here's one that immediately came to mind that's not on your map because of the distance from the border where he died. He was the only fatality left unidentified in a deadly single vehicle accident that occurred in southwest Michigan in 2002 (indicating to me that he was probably the driver). The 1994 GMC Suburban involved, holding 14 people at the time of the crash, had Arizona plates and all other fatalities were identified as undocumented immigrants, giving a strong indication as to where he's almost certainly from.
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
MI - MI - Berrien Co, Wht/HispMale, 20-40, Car Accident Victim, *GRAPHIC PIC* June 2002

Here are a few more not or your map from my home state:
- June 20, 1989 (found in "an area where migrant farmers dwell") : The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
- October 2, 1989: The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
- July 20, 1999 (found near labor camp): The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
NC - NC - Sampson Co., Wht/HispFem UP6183, 17-24, near labor camp, Jul'99
- September 20, 2005 (found near Farm/Nursery): The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[Otterly]

Edit: duplicate post.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Dup post del

Mexico Missing Persons

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Cross posting from: AZ - AZ - Maricopa, WhtFem, 40-50, UP2004, Phoenix, auto/pedestrian, Nov'04
View attachment 284160
This brings us to a drawing of a woman known to Det. Somershoe as "Broadway Street Jane Doe."

The woman is described as Hispanic, 40 to 50 years old, 5’4", with short brown hair and brown eyes. She was hit by a car in Phoenix and left to die near S. 15th Street and E. Broadway on Nov. 21, 2004. At the time, investigators found scribbling on her palm.

According to officials with the DNA Doe Project, the victim's DNA is traced back to Calvillo, a small town in Mexico’s Aguascalientes state, where her parents are believed to be from.

However, forensic genealogist Cairenn Binder says the Jane Doe could be found in multiple branches of a family tree.

"That's the hard part about solving her case, is not only does she have limited matches because she's born in a foreign country, most likely, but also it's challenging cause of the various connections between her family tree and her match's family trees," said Binder, who is with the DNA Doe Project.

"We're trying to reach out to people who are from there who might know this lady, a missing friend or a missing family member, and have someone contact us," said Det. Somershoe.
DNA Doe Project: Phoenix PD investigators use forensic genealogy to solve cold cases

 

[imstilla.grandma]

 

[ghostINshell]

Here's one that immediately came to mind that's not on your map because of the distance from the border where he died. He was the only fatality left unidentified in a deadly single vehicle accident that occurred in southwest Michigan in 2002 (indicating to me that he was probably the driver). The 1994 GMC Suburban involved, holding 14 people at the time of the crash, had Arizona plates and all other fatalities were identified as undocumented immigrants, giving a strong indication as to where he's almost certainly from.
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
MI - MI - Berrien Co, Wht/HispMale, 20-40, Car Accident Victim, *GRAPHIC PIC* June 2002

Here are a few more not or your map from my home state:
- June 20, 1989 (found in "an area where migrant farmers dwell") : The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
- October 2, 1989: The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
- July 20, 1999 (found near labor camp): The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
NC - NC - Sampson Co., Wht/HispFem UP6183, 17-24, near labor camp, Jul'99
- September 20, 2005 (found near Farm/Nursery): The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Will add these!!

 

[ghostINshell]

Will add these!!

Migrants & Suspected Migrants UIDs - خرائطي على Google
Added them except 1. The UID found at the labor camp, I did not add because of the brand of clothes she was wearing and them saying that her teeth were in perfect condition. Also, her doe network states that people actually do sex work in that area around the labor camps. So, based on that as well, I don't think she is a migrant and I'm guessing that she is from out of state or is a local sex worker.
Last, the UID found near the Taylor Farm/Nursery, I added him a long time ago.

 

[Bit of hope]

Migrants & Suspected Migrants UIDs - خرائطي على Google
Added them except 1. The UID found at the labor camp, I did not add because of the brand of clothes she was wearing and them saying that her teeth were in perfect condition. Also, her doe network states that people actually do sex work in that area around the labor camps. So, based on that as well, I don't think she is a migrant and I'm guessing that she is from out of state or is a local sex worker.
Last, the UID found near the Taylor Farm/Nursery, I added him a long time ago.

Again; Amazing work Ghost! Should we make this more public or did you already put it on different MP sites?

 

[ghostINshell]

I have not put it on any MP sites yet. But if any of you want to you can. Its just that in the meantime I'am adding more UIDs to the map.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Added to NAMUS today. Doesn't seem that he is unidentified so much as unclaimed. If you do a google search of his name, it seems as though his family are looking for him on Facebook.

 

[Grungster]

I know that they aren't necessarily from Mexico, but they are apart of the Central American hemisphere, so I'm just going to add their cases on this thread anyways.

*He already has a thread on Websleuths
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
WARNING PM at link
Found in Phoenix, Arizona on October 26, 1999. He died inside a house where he was staying with some sounds like very distant acquaintances of his. The acquaintances said that his name was "Jorge" and that he was possibly from Honduras. Some key body characteristics of his were that he some tattoos of the names Rosario, Glenda, and Lupe, and a letter D on his wrist.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Found on a ranch by a ranch hand in Jim Hogg County, Texas, on May 10, 2006. She had a ID card from Honduras, that had the name of Glenda Supaya Lopez Martinez, born February 6, 1979, and the issue date of July 11, 1997. She also had Honduran currency. Interestingly, they don't have a picture of the ID on Namus.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
WARNING PM at link
Found in Sonoita, Santa Cruz County, Arizona on June 6, 2009. He was in a van with other migrants who were from Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Mexico, when he and the others were ejected from the van during an accident. This man could basically from anywhere.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Found lying in the desert by LE, on the Tohono O'Odham Reservation, near Sells, Arizona, on August 18, 2011. His fingerprints matched to a Nelson Antonio Castro Martinez (from Honduras w/ DOB of October 17, 1986 AR-098660686 )w/other aliases of Jefferey Castro and Jefferey Figueroa Castro. Namus says that the names are not verified, but interestingly, the man has a tattoo on his left forearm that says "Nelson".

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Found in the desert southwest of Bates Well, Arizona on February 3, 1981. Possible name association of "Ricardo Arnoldo Barahona Mendez" of Morales, Izabal, Guatemala.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
WARNING PM at link.
Was found inside a house in San Bernadino, California on August 29, 1986. He was beaten to death. Investigators believe that his name is "Mario Roberto Marquez" from Guatemala, due to evidence at the scene.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Found on the bank of a river in Harris County, Texas on December 4, 1994. Namus says that his name is possibly "Jose Porfirio Guerra Cifuentes" who was last seen on 10/16/1994 swimming across the river and that he is from Guatemala.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Found unresponsive in a public park in Los Angeles, California on April 19, 2001. The man was living a transient lifestyle. Acquaintances of his stated he was apparently drinking heavily when they last saw him. They also stated that he moved to the US from Guatemala 15-20 years ago.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Found on near Building 900336 on Fort Huachuca army base in Arizona on September 27, 2006. Namus states that the man can't be excluded as Guatemalan national Rolando Eduardo Gomez Valdez

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Found in the desert near Sasabe, Pima County, Arizona on December 26, 2007. Namus says that the man's name might be "Rudy" or "Valerio" and that he is from Guatemala.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Was with a large group and suddenly jumped into the canal. (Doesn't say COD on Namus but i'm thinking likely by drowning.) People in the group said that his name was either "Carlos" or "Giovanni" and that he was likely from Guatemala.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
WARNING PM at link
He had possession of a "resident alien card" which had the name Rogelio Alvarado w/ DOB June 24, 1954. The Mexican and Guatemalan consulate determined the card to be fake and that no one under that name existed. *He could possibly be from anywhere else excluding Mexico and Guatemala. "Rogelio" was rooming with a friend of his five years prior to his death at 1100 block of E. Portland St. in Phoenix, AZ 85006. He passed away in the front yard in the early morning of July 5, 2013. He was also working in the construction business hanging drywall.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Found by Border Patrol in the desert near Vamori Village, Pima County, Arizona on Spetember 2, 2017. He had a Guatemalan birth certificate with the name Juan Geovani Gregorio Hernandez. He also had a Verizon Samsung flip phone on him as well.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
WARNING PM at link
Was found unresponsive behind a commercial building in Bronx, New York on December 24, 2019. Namus states his name is possibly "David Miranda" and is from Guatemala.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
WARNING PM at link
Found in the desert by Barry Goldwater Range Security near Childs, Pima County, Arizona on July 30, 2006. Namus states that the man is likely "Orlando Jose Garcia Fernandez" from Nicaragua. He also had three blue/black dots in the shape of a triangle are on the back of the right hand between the thumb and index finger. A blue/black cross is on the back of the left hand between the thumb and index finger.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
WARNING PM at link
Found in North Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey on October 20, 2005. Namus states that the man is possibly "Marco Hernandez" from Costa Rica, and that he likely worked as an auto body technician. He was found with a 10ml bottle of Humulin insulin 70/30 which was unopened.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Found inside his apartment by an apartment manager doing a welfare check in Los Angeles, California on July 30, 1989. Not necessarily clear if this is what the property manager thinks or LE, but Namus states specifically that he is possibly 28 y.o. and that his name is "Jose Antonio Lopez" from El Salvador.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Found unresponsive in the hallway of an apartment complex in Los Angeles, California at around 9:00pm on March 16, 1997. The property manager believes that the man might be from El Salvador.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Was found in Douglas, Cochise County, Arizona on January 17, 2001. He was found standing up, semi-conscious, and cold to the touch by a citizen. He had a hard time speaking and his clothes were wet (I'm thinking possibly dehydration and hypothermia). He passed away before paramedics could reach him. The man's fingerprints were matched to a man named Vidal Oreyanna Rivas who is possibly from El Salvador.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
WARNING PM at link
Was found unresponsive at a homeless shelter in Los Angeles, California on June 1, 2001. He went by the name "Richard" and that he was possibly from El Salvador.

UPDATE FOR JUNE 6 2009 CASE : NamUs has recently been updated.

 

[Grungster]

There was also one for Jose Alvarez Lopez

 

[Giuc0]

There was also one for Jose Alvarez Lopez

Sorry, which case are you referring to?

When a case is updated, it would be better adding the NamUS link about the updated case. Otherwise, we spend plenty of time at finding the case(s) dealt with.
You do a great job, the issue is finding the updated case without going through the rabbit hole.

Another possibility is snipping the quote to include only the updated case(s). Otherwise, it takes an excessive amount of time to find the right update.

We are dealing with many UIDs here. We need to be very organised in the way we write updates because otherwise, we swim or worse, we lose our case in the multiple pages and multiple cases.

 

[Giuc0]

Hi!

WGEID post-sessional reports for 2020 and 2021 have been released and are useful for our work.

Urgent Action is when the person has disappeared less than three months before the report was sent to the WGEID, Standard Actions are when the person has disappeared more than three months before the report being received.

Explanations in this flyer: https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Disappearances/FlyerWGEIDProcedures.PDF


So, the 2021 post-sessional report is available here: OHCHR | WGEID - Annual and post-sessional reports

Number A/HRC/WGEID/122/1


For older cases, we can have hope in older post-sessional reports starting from 2014.


Info for Mexico from the 2021 post-sessional report linked above:

Mexico
Information from sources
110. Sources provided information on four outstanding cases, but the information was considered insufficient to clarify the cases.

From the document #A/HRC/WGEID/121/1:

Mexico
Prompt intervention letter
93. On 20 March 2020, the Working Group transmitted, jointly with other special procedure mechanisms, a prompt intervention letter concerning the repeated obstruction of justice by State institutions in the investigation of a case of enforced disappearance, as well as alleged acts of threats and intimidation against the relatives of the victim.
Joint allegation letter
94. On 12 May 2020, the Working Group transmitted, jointly with other special procedure mechanisms, an allegation letter concerning alleged human rights violations committed during the detention of a group of men in the State of Chiapas and the State of Chihuahua, including the alleged short-term enforced disappearance of one of the victims.

So, no names in these two reports, but clues about the Mexican authorities' attitude when confronted to enforced disappearances.

For names released in post-sessional reports, I'll write separate posts for the sake of legibility.
One year = one post. Because in a same year, the WGEID can release more than one post-sessional report or none at all.
Question for the correct sourcing. Shall I link the page "Annual and post-sessional reports" for every new post or shall I only mention the report number?
Linking the reports themselves doesn't work well technically, it leads to a Error 404 page.
When you get the report through the OHCHR | WGEID - Annual and post-sessional reports, you get access to the report without any glitch.




My problem with E&I disappearances is that they are most likely in Mexico jurisdiction, but we can't write off the possibility that they've been dumped in the US, so under US jurisdiction.

Same for the disappeared during the Argentina Dirty War: the regime dumped the bodies in the country near the border or outside Argentina (ex Uruguay). The idea is hampering the research and ID by creating jurisdictional incertainty.
More recent case, in 2019, a Venezuelan military has been made disappeared in Colombia by the Venezuelan regime. Link from El Tiempo, a Colombian newspaper (in Spanish, and I lack time and fresh cells for a proper translation into English): ¿Quiénes son los siete militares desaparecidos en Venezuela?

I know that the topic here is not Colombia nor Venezuela. What I want to highlight here is that enforced disappearances by a State A while State A agents illegally cross the Country B border is actually much more common than estimated.

In such cases, the devil lies within the details.


Migrants who are victims of enforced disappearance during migration can have their remains either in Mexico or in the US. We have no way to know clearly one way or another with the publicly available information.


Mexico drugs cartels are quite active at the Mexico-US border.

Just because a person was last seen at CDMX (Ciudad de Mexico) doesn't exclude the enforced disappearance on the US side.
There is no way to prove it one way or another based on the limited info we can gain public access.

Both are within the range of reasonable outcomes.

 

[Giuc0]

Released in 2019

Post-sessional report #A/HRC/WGEID/119/1*

Mexico
Information from sources
70. Sources provided information on two outstanding cases, which was considered insufficient to clarify the cases.

Post-sessional report #A/HRC/WGEID/118/1

Mexico
Standard procedure
72. The Working Group transmitted two cases to the Government under its standard procedure, concerning Fausto Osorio Torres and Feliberto Osorio Torres, allegedly disappeared in Veracruz, Mexico, on 27 March 2010.

Information from sources
73. Sources provided information on two outstanding cases, which was considered insufficient to clarify the cases.

Press release
74. On 10 May 2019, the Working Group, together with other special procedure mechanisms, issued a press release condemning the lack of significant progress in the investigation into the disappearance in Mexico of lawyer and human rights defender Ernesto Sernas García, one year after his disappearance (see para. 8 above).

8. On 10 May 2019, the Working Group, together with other special procedure mechanisms, issued a press release condemning the lack of significant progress in the investigation into the disappearance in Mexico of lawyer and human rights defender Ernesto Sernas García, one year after his disappearance.5

Press release: OHCHR | Mexico: One year after Ernesto Sernas García’s disappearance, UN experts denounce violence against human rights defenders in Oaxaca


Post-sessional report #A/HRC/WGEID/117/1

Mexico

Information from sources
85. Sources provided information on five outstanding cases, which was considered insufficient to clarify them.

Press release
86. On 28 November 2018, a press release welcoming a ruling by the Supreme Court regarding a problematic internal security law was issued together with other special procedure mechanisms (see para. 13).

Joint “other letter”
87. On 12 November 2018, the Working Group transmitted, with other special procedure mechanisms, a joint “other letter” to the Supreme Court regarding discussions on the National Security Law in Mexico.9
88. On 4 February 2019, the Working Group transmitted, with other special procedure mechanisms, a joint “other letter” to the Mexican Congress expressing concern about a proposal to create a military national guard.10

13. On 28 November 2018, a press release welcoming a ruling by the Supreme Court of Mexico regarding a problematic internal security law was issued together with other special procedure mechanisms.7

Press release: OHCHR | Mexico: UN experts welcome Supreme Court ruling against militarisation of public security

 

[Giuc0]

Released in 2018

Post-sessional report #A/HRC/WGEID/116/1

Mexico
Clarification based on information from sources
109. On the basis of the information provided by sources, the Working Group decided to clarify two cases, concerning Marco Antonio Flores Rosas and Jorge Valente Ibarra Moreno, who are reportedly deceased.
Information from sources
110. Sources provided information on 30 outstanding cases, which was considered insufficient to clarify them. One of these cases was considered a duplicate (see para. 113 below).

Information from the Government
111. On 30 May 2018, the Government of Mexico provided information on two outstanding cases, which was considered insufficient to clarify them. Exceptionally, and in accordance with paragraph 28 of its methods of work, the Working Group decided to discontinue its consideration of one of the two cases (see para. 111 above).

Discontinuation
112. The Working Group decided, exceptionally and in accordance with paragraph 28 of its methods of work, to discontinue its consideration of 13 outstanding cases concerning Giovany Urbina Aguilera, Jorge Antonio Salinas Cherety, Sonia Hinojosa Barrera, Homero Segura Hinojosa, Larissa Hasel Segura Hinojosa, Daniela Sarahi Segura Hinojosa, Ela Segura Hinojosa, Jorge Luis López Cantú, Carlos Enrique Ruiz Núñez, Roberto Ivan Hernández García, Yudith Yesenia Rueda García, Diego Armando Flores Acevedo and Alberto Vázquez Rodríguez. The cases may, however, be reopened at any time.

Duplicate
113. The Working Group decided to consider two cases as duplicates. The duplicate case was consequently deleted from the records of the Working Group.

Post-sessional report #A/HRC/WGEID/115/1

Mexico

Information from sources

61.A source provided information on three outstanding cases, which was considered insufficient to clarify the cases.

Reply to a joint other letter

62.On 9 March 2018, the Government transmitted a reply to the communication sent on 11 December 2017, in which it explained the purpose, extent and consequences of the proposals contained in the draft law on internal security. The Government also included information about studies on compliance with the law, in line with human rights standards and their impact on the prevention of human rights violations, and about the participation of civil society organizations in the process. The text of the law was also included in the reply of the Government.

Reply to general allegations

63.On 22 December 2017, the Government transmitted two replies to the general allegations sent on 13 September 2013 and 9 June 2017. In both replies, the Government recognizes that the phenomenon of enforced disappearance of persons is a reality in the country, due to very particular circumstances and to a context in which organized crime prevails. In the replies, the Government describes several actions that have been taken to deal with this problem. In June 2015, the protocol for the search for disappeared persons and investigation of the crime of enforced disappearance was published. As at December 2015, there were 27,659 cases of missing or disappeared persons on the National Registry of Missing or Disappeared Persons (Registro Nacional de Datos de Personas Extraviadas o Desaparecidas), which had been set up in 2011. As at 2016, a total of 86 persons had been the subject of investigations concerning enforced disappearance launched by the Office of the special prosecutor for the search for disappeared persons (Fiscalía Especializada de Búsqueda de Personas Desaparecidas). The Government also indicated that the Office of the special prosecutor was currently working on a project to create a national registry of clandestine graves and a database of DNA data and to use of drones for the effective location of victims. In addition, the Office of the special prosecutor, in agreement with the International Committee of the Red Cross, had created an ante-mortem/post-mortem database to manage information on missing persons and human remains. As at 15 September 2017, the database contained 1,012 ante-mortem questionnaires. The Government reiterated its commitment to upholding human rights, as demonstrated by the entry into force of the law on enforced disappearance on 16 January 2018. The full text of the replies is included in annex IV.

64.On 12 March 2018, the Government transmitted a reply to a general allegation sent on 10 April 2017. In its reply, the Government considers that there are no elements to claim that the amparo trial has been deprived of its restorative capacity. The Supreme Court has expressed its opinions on the character of the victim and its jurisprudential criteria sought to extend the effects of the amparo trial, in order to guarantee broader protection of the persons who bring cases concerning acts or omissions that violate human rights. In recent years, the Supreme Court has developed criteria in favour of integral reparations. The full text of the reply is included in annex IV.

Annex IV is so long and is in Spanish. It's better you read it directly in the report.


Post-sessional report #A/HRC/WGEID/114/1

Mexico

Information from sources
82. A source provided information on two outstanding cases, which was considered insufficient to clarify them.

Clarification based on information from sources
83. On the basis of the information provided by sources, the Working Group decided to clarify six cases, concerning:
(a) Raúl Herrera Hinojosa, Iris Rocío Orozco Hinojosa and Ricardo Rair Herrera Orozco, who were released;

(b) Rodolfo Alemán Ramírez, Alejandro Guadalupe Zamora Vaca and Milton Alvarado Rojas, whose remains were found and identified.

Discontinuation
84. The Working Group decided, exceptionally and in accordance with paragraph 28 of its methods of work, to discontinue its consideration of two outstanding cases. The cases may, however, be reopened at any time.

Joint other letter
85. On 11 December 2017, the Working Group transmitted, with six other special procedures mechanisms, a joint “other letter” concerning the legislative process under way for the adoption of an internal security law, aimed at, inter alia, regulating the participation of the armed forces in security tasks.

Reply to a joint other letter
86. On 13 December 2017, the Government of Mexico transmitted a reply to the communication sent on 11 December 2017, in which it explained that the purpose of the draft law on internal security was to regulate and limit the time of operations conducted by the armed forces, and also to strengthen local civilian police forces, which would be responsible for internal security matters. The Government added that the draft law defined and safeguarded respect for human rights as a constitutional duty. The Government also included a description of the causes of violence in Mexico, highlighting the threat posed by organized crime and explaining that the armed forces were better prepared to confront such a challenge. The involvement of the armed forces in internal security matters was seen as a measure of last resort and exceptional by the Government, but necessary, given that State and municipality police forces were unable to counter with the activities of organized crime.

Reply to prompt intervention letter
87. On 16 January 2018, the Government of Mexico transmitted a reply to the prompt intervention letter dated 18 May 2017. In its reply, the Government explained that measures had been taken to protect the mother of a disappeared woman human rights defender, her relatives and the human rights defenders that formerly worked with her. It included information about the investigations conducted after the woman’s murder. The Government did not, however, specify whether any protective measures had been taken to protect the woman before her murder.

Reply to general allegations
88. On 22 December 2017, the Government of Mexico transmitted two replies to the general allegations sent on 13 September 2013 and 9 June 2017. The Working Group thanks the Government for the replies, which it will consider at its next session.

Press releases
89. On 14 December 2017, the Working Group issued a press statement in which it called upon the Government of Mexico to reject a draft law on internal security that was due to be voted on in the Senate that day, warning that giving the armed forces a leading role in security matters could weaken the protection of human rights.3
90. On 16 January 2018, the Working Group issued a press statement concerning the entry into force of a law on enforced disappearances in Mexico. The experts considered that the approval of the law could initiate a process of uncovering the truth, justice and reparations for thousands of victims. They also welcomed the willingness of the authorities to ensure the participation of the families of disappeared persons and civil society organizations in the legislative process.4

 

[Giuc0]

I can't access to the post-sessional reports between 2014 and 2017. I have to ask them to the WGEID and I'll get back to you as soon as I receive them.

 

[Giuc0]

Ok, I didn't manage to get the report #A/HRC/WGEID/113/1.

I managed to get the report #A/HRC/WGEID/112/1 released in 2017.

Mexico

Standard procedure
64. The Working Group transmitted a case to the Government of Mexico concerning Jonathan Alejandro Charles Velázquez, allegedly arrested on 5 October 2016 in the municipality of San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo León, and taken to an unknown location by members of the police.

Information from sources
65. Three sources provided updated information on three outstanding cases; the information was insufficient to clarify the cases.

Information from the Government
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66. On 17 February 2017, the Government of Mexico provided information on one outstanding case. The information provided was considered insufficient to lead to a clarification.

General allegations
67. The Working Group received information from credible sources alleging obstacles to implementing the Declaration in Mexico. On 10 April 2017, a general allegation was sent to Mexico alleging obstacles encountered by victims of enforced disappearance in gaining access to reparations and social assistance. On 9 June 2017, another general allegation was sent to Mexico alleging obstacles encountered by family members of victims of enforced disappearance in locating their loved ones. Both general allegations are reproduced in annex III.

Post-sessional document #A/HRC/WGEID/111/1

Mexico

Clarification based on information from sources

80.On the basis of the information provided by the source, the Working Group decided to clarify three cases, concerning Adriana Guadalupe Castañeda Bernal, Diana Lizeth Bernal Hernandez and Julio César Castañeda Bernal, who were all reportedly rescued.

Information from sources

81.A source provided updated information on six outstanding cases.

Information from the Government

82.On 23 December 2016, the Government transmitted information regarding one outstanding case. The information provided by the Government was considered to be insufficient to lead to a clarification.

Reply to a joint urgent appeal

83.On 14 October and 8 November 2016, the Government responded to two joint urgent appeals transmitted jointly with other special procedure mechanisms on 25 July 2016 and 19 August 2016

84.The first joint urgent appeal concerned the alleged murder of José Jesús Jiménez Gaona and the attempted murder against Francisca Vázquez Mendoza, as well as acts of intimidation and harassment against persons defending human rights and belonging to the Committee of Relatives of Detained Missing Persons “Hasta Encontrarlos”. In its reply, the Government stated that an investigation had been launched with the Office of the Attorney General of the State of Veracruz, and provided details of the assistance and protection measures offered to the family members of Mr. Jiménez Gaona. With regard to Gabriel Alberto Cruz Sánchez and his family, the Government reported that it had no knowledge of the alleged facts set out in the urgent appeal in question, but that the Office of the Attorney General of the State of Oaxaca and the Ministry of Public Security of that State had both been instructed to indicate whether, within their areas of competence, they had registered any reports related with the alleged facts and they were also allegedly instructed to implement the actions necessary to safeguard the physical and psychological integrity of the family members of Gabriel Alberto Cruz Sánchez.

85.The second joint urgent appeal concerned the allegations of undue interference in the private communications between the lawyer Vidulfo Rosales Sierra and the father of one of the 43 disappeared students of Ayotzinaba, as well as other actions which could contribute to the delegitimization of human rights defenders. In its reply, the Government reported on the protection measures offered, in particular by the Mechanism for the Defence of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists.

Prompt intervention letter

86.On 11 October 2016, the Working Group transmitted, jointly with other special procedure mechanisms, a prompt intervention letter concerning alleged threats and attacks against human right defenders and relatives of a victim of forced disappearance in the State of Querétaro, as well as about the alleged threats addressed to the members of the Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez A.C. Human Rights Centre (Prodh Centre).

Observation

87.The Working Group wishes to recall article 13 (3) of the Declaration on the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance, which states that “steps shall be taken to ensure that all involved in the investigation, including the complainant, counsel, witnesses and those conducting the investigation, are protected against ill-treatment, intimidation or reprisal.”Furthermore, in its resolution 7/12, the Human Rights Council urged Governments to take steps to provide adequate protection to witnesses of enforced or involuntary disappearances, human rights defenders acting against enforced disappearances and the lawyers and families of disappeared persons against any intimidation or ill-treatment to which they might be subjected.

 

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Post-sessional report #A/HRC/WGEID/110/1 released in 2016

Mexico

Urgent action
70. On 23 May 2016, the Working Group, following its urgent action procedure, transmitted a case to the Government of Mexico concerning Maximiliano Gordillo Martinez, who was allegedly arrested on 7 May 2016 on the way from Chiapas to Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, by agents of the National Migration Institute and police officers.

Information from the Government
71. On 11 August 2016, the Government of Mexico transmitted information concerning one outstanding case. The information provided was considered insufficient to lead to a clarification.

Information from sources
72. Sources provided information on two outstanding cases.

Joint urgent appeal
73. On 25 July 2016, the Working Group transmitted, jointly with other special procedure mechanisms, a letter concerning the murder of José Jesús Jiménez Gaona and the threats made against Francisca Vásquez Mendoza, and other acts of intimidation and harassment against human rights defenders members of the organization Comité de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos “Hasta Encontrarlos”.

Joint allegation letter
74. On 19 August 2016, the Working Group transmitted, jointly with other special procedure mechanisms, a letter concerning the interception of private communications and actions possibly aimed at discrediting human right defenders, in particular those working on the case of the 43 disappeared students in Iguala.

Observations
75. During the session, the Working Group recalled with concern the second anniversary of the disappearance of 43 students of the Raúl Isidro Burgos teachers’ college in Ayotzinapa, expressing concern at the lack of measures taken to guarantee the right to truth, justice and reparation of all victims. It also recalled the importance of implementing all recommendations made by the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts and to participate actively and cooperate with the follow-up mechanism of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.2

Post-sessional document #A/HRC/WGEID/109/1

Mexico

Urgent action
58. On 15 March 2016, the Working Group, following its urgent action procedure, transmitted a case to the Government of Mexico, concerning Eric Sánchez Cruz, who was allegedly abducted on 29 February 2016 in Apaseo el Alto, Guanajuato, by municipal police officers.

Standard procedure
59. The Working Group transmitted five cases to the Government of Mexico, concerning:
(a) Maria Esther Aguilar Cansimbe, allegedly abducted on 11 November 2009 in Zamora, Michoacán by police officers;
(b) Juan Arellano Sosa, allegedly abducted on 27 May 2012 by police officers and last seen on 10 January 2015 in Hidalgo Street, Zapotiltic, Jalisco;
(c) Héctor Hugo Gaona Díaz, allegedly arrested on 19 April 2015 in Colonia Lázaro Cárdenas by Cadereyta municipal police;
(d) Juan Jesús Garza Segovia, allegedly abducted from Colonia Francisco Villa, Monterrey on 17 July 2010, by officers of the Secretariat of National Defence (SEDENA);
(e) Jesús Mendoza Mitre, allegedly abducted on 21 January 2010 in Colonia Linda Vista, Guadalupe, Nuevo León, Mexico by Guadalupe municipal police officers.

Clarification
60. On the basis of the information provided by the source, the Working Group decided to clarify one case. The individual is reportedly deceased.

Information from sources

61. Sources provided information on 29 outstanding cases.

Press release
62. On 26 April 2016, the Working Group issued, jointly with other special procedure mechanisms, a press release in which it recognized that the final report of the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on the case of the student teachers of Ayotzinapa had identified serious gaps in the investigations conducted to date by the authorities, and showed that much remained to be done to reveal the truth, to guarantee justice and to provide victims with reparations. The special procedures of the United Nations expressed their full support for the decision made by the Commission to establish a special follow-up mechanism, and urged the State to participate and collaborate actively in it.

Post-sessional document #A/HRC/WGEID/108/1

Mexico

Standard procedure

68. The Working Group transmitted three cases to the Government of Mexico, concerning:
(a) Raúl Colunga Ibarra, allegedly last seen between 18 and 20 July 2014 in a prison of the Public Security Agency (Policía Preventiva), inSombrerete, Zacatecas;
(b) Rodolfo Guajardo González, allegedly last seen between 18 and 20 July 2014 in a prison of the Public Security Agency (Policía Preventiva) in Sombrerete, Zacatecas;
(c)Emmanuel Ahmed Avalos Zelaya, allegedly abducted on 28 October 2013 by two hooded individuals in civilian clothes, allegedly acting with the acquiescence of the State, in an area of Tizapan El Alto, Jalisco.

Information from the Government

69. On 16 October 2015, the Government of Mexico transmitted information concerning 21 outstanding cases. The information provided was considered insufficient to lead to a clarification.

70. On 28 October 2015, the Government of Mexico transmitted a reply to the joint urgent appeal sent on 10 July 2015, concerning the alleged arbitrary detention of 12 individuals charged in connection with the case of the Ayotzinapa students, and allegations of their torture and ill-treatment. In its reply, the Government reported on the legal basis for the arrest of the 12 individuals, the allegationsof torture against them, and the treatment of evidence obtained by torture in Mexican legislation. The Government stated that, according to the evidence, no cases of physical torture orinjuries had been identified. The forensic medical expert had found that the individuals who had physical marks presented wounds typical of persons opposing resistance during arrest. However, the expert considered that, to ensure that the individuals were not subjected to torture or other cruel or inhuman treatment, the Istanbul Protocol was to be applied.

71. The Government also sent information about the investigations conducted at the municipal and State levels against the persons allegedlyresponsible for the events in Iguala in September 2014.

Information from sources

72. Sources provided information on two outstanding cases.

 

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Post-sessional report #A/HRC/WGEID/107/1

Mexico

Standard procedure

68. The Working Group transmitted four cases to the Government of Mexico, concerning:
(a)Pedro Angel Márquez Mendoza, allegedly abducted on 4 June 2014 by federal police, navy and State police agents in Orizaba, Veracruz;
(b)Erick Guillermo Zendejas Campano, allegedly arrested on 16 January 2011 by transit police officers in Guadalupe, Nuevo León, Monterrey;
(c)Diego Armando Flores Acevedo, allegedly abducted in Monterrey, Nuevo León on 22 July 2010 by agents of the State investigation agency (Policía Ministerial);
(d)Ramiro Ruiz Raya, allegedly last seen on 20 July 2014 in a prison of the Public Security Agency (Policía Preventiva)in Sombrerete, Zacatecas.
Prompt intervention letter

69. On 10 July 2015, the Working Group transmitted, jointly with other three special procedure mechanisms, a prompt intervention letter concerning the alleged arbitrary detention of 12 individuals charged in connection to the case of the Ayotzinapa students, and allegations of their torture and ill-treatment.
Press release

70. On 9 September 2015, the Working Group issued, jointly with other two special procedure mechanisms, a press release in which it welcomed the report of the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on the enforced disappearance, execution and torture of students from Ayotzinapa in the State of Guerrero in September 2014, and encouraged the Government of Mexico to implement all of its recommendations. The experts stressed that the recommendations of the Interdisciplinary Group were relevant not only to this case, but also to the challenges facing Mexico with regard to cases of enforced disappearances, torture and executions in general. They reiterated their offer of cooperation and technical assistance to the State of Mexico.
Information from the Government

71. On 30 April and on 12 May 2015, the Government of Mexico responded to a prompt intervention letter transmitted on 25 February 2015 concerning the alleged acts of arbitrary detention, torture and restriction of the right to defence of Sidronio Casarrubias Salgado. In its reply, the Government stated that Mr. Casarrubias Salgado had been arrested, in accordance with article 16 of the Constitution, for possession of weapons in a public place by the Ministerial Police. Mr. Casarrubias Salgado was subsequently accused of organized crime and possession of weapons, for which criminal proceedings were initiated against him and other individuals. The Government also stated that the acts of torture alleged were being investigated by the Federal Public Ministry and the National Commission of Human Rights.
Information from sources

72. Sources provided information on five outstanding cases.
Observations

73. The Working Group express its concern that, in some cases, the crime of enforced disappearance is not applied retroactively. In this regard, the Working Group recalls its general comment No. 9, on enforced disappearance as a continuous crime, in which it stated that one consequence of the continuing character of enforced disappearance is that it is possible to convict someone for enforced disappearance on the basis of a legal instrument that was enacted after the enforced disappearance began, notwithstanding the fundamental principle of non-retroactivity. The crime cannot be separated and the conviction should cover the enforced disappearance as a whole (see A/HRC/16/48, para. 39). As stated in its follow-up report on its visit to Mexico (A/HRC/30/38/Add.4), the Working Group hopes that the future general law on enforced disappearance will include a national definition consistent with the relevant international instruments.

Post-sessional report #A/HRC/WGEID/106/1
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Post-sessionl report #A/HRC/WGEID/105/1

Mexico

Urgent action

75. On 8 January 2015, the Working Group, following its urgent action procedure, transmitted one case to the Government, concerning Mr. José Moises Sanchez Cerezo, allegedly arrested in Medellín de Bravo, Veracruz, by armed individuals reportedly linked to the mayor of the city.

Standard procedure

76. The Working Group transmitted three outstanding cases to the Government, concerning:
(a)Mr. Erick Aguirre Balbuena, allegedly arrested on 24 September 2012 by ministerial officers in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua;
(b)Mr. Javier Bahena Ambriz, allegedly abducted on 20 March 2014 by police officers of Cocula. In accordance with its methods of work of the Working Group, the Government of the United States of America received a copy of the case;
(c)Mr. Salvador Macías Moreno, allegedly abducted on 3 December 2013 by the municipal police of Apatzingán Michoacán.

Urgent appeals

77. On 3 October 2014, the Working Group transmitted, jointly with the two other special procedures mechanisms, an urgent appeal to the Government concerning an allegation of extrajudicial executions and enforced disappearances of students from Iguala, Guerrero. On 26 September 2014, buses carrying some 80 students to Chilpancingo from Iguala werereportedly stopped by a police patrol and came under fire. The fate and whereabouts of 43 students remain unknown.
78. On 23 February 2015, the Working Grouptransmitted, jointly with four other special procedures mechanisms, an urgent appeal to the Government concerning an allegation of arbitrary detention, torture and restriction of the right to defence. Mr. Sidronio Casarrubias Salgado was reportedly arrested by the Federal Ministerial Police on 15 October 2014, in Toluca, State of Mexico, was allegedly tortured for several days to force him to sign a ministerial declaration.

Prompt intervention letter

79. On 12 November 2014, the Working Group transmitted a prompt intervention letter to the Government concerning alleged acts ofintimidation against Mr. Nicomedes García Fuentes, a member of the Truth Commission for the Investigation of Human Rights Violations during the Dirty War of the Sixties and Seventies in the State of Guerrero (COMVERDAD) and his family.
80. On 16 December 2014, the Working Group transmitted, jointly with two other special procedures mechanisms, a prompt intervention letter to the Government concerning the alleged stigmatization and undermining of legitimacy by Mexican State authorities of a non-governmental human rights organization supporting the families of the 43 disappeared students from Iguala.

Press release

81. On 10 October 2014, the Working Group issued, jointly with two other special procedures mechanisms, a press release in which it urged the Government to focus their efforts on finding the students that disappeared from Iguala on 26 September 2014 and to shed full light on those events. It called for the punishment of the perpetrators and for the protection of the families of the victims and of those investigating or supporting the efforts to determine the fate and whereabouts of the victims.

Information from the Government

82. On 7 and 13 November and 3 and 24 December 2014, and 21 January 2015, the Government transmitted communications regarding 12outstanding cases.
83. On 11 November 2014, the Government transmitted a reply to the joint urgent appeal sent on 3 October 2014 concerning the enforced disappearance of 43 students in Iguala. It its reply,the Government included information about the investigation, the search for the disappeared students and the identification of the parties allegedly responsible. It also describes the measures taken in favour of the victims and information on the assistance provided by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
84. On 13 November 2014, the Government transmitted a reply to a prompt intervention letter,sent on 14 August 2014, regarding alleged acts of intimidation and threats against relatives of Mr. Hector Rangel Ortiz. In its reply, the Government described the measures taken by the Office of the General Prosecutor and the General Agency of Special Services for the Safety and Protection of Persons. The Government also pointed out that it was assisting Mr. Rangel Ortiz’s relatives in the investigation and was providing for the necessary security measures.

Information from sources

85. The sources provided information on 24 outstanding cases.

Observation

86. The Working Group maintains its great concern for the enforced disappearance of the 43 students in Iguala on 26 September 2014. It calls upon the Government to continue the investigations to clarify the fate and whereabouts of the students,and to punish those responsible for the crime.