AMLO is trying to bury the tragedy of Mexico’s missing people
Relatives say the president is disappearing the disappeared
The body was found in scrubland next to a fancy golf club outside Culiacán, the capital of the north-western state of Sinaloa. It was discovered by a local “collective” of mothers, wives and sisters, who band together to search for their missing family members. In theory, the authorities will identify the body and search Mexico’s register of disappeared people for a match. In practice, says María Isabel Cruz, who has been searching for her son since 2017, that is unlikely.
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This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “Fiddling the figures”
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