「９万人以上。どこに？」　メキシコ失踪者家族が政府に抗議

【メキシコ市ＡＦＰ＝時事】メキシコの失踪者の家族らが３０日、「強制失踪の被害者のための国際デー」に合わせ、大統領府前で抗議集会を行った。（写真は「強制失踪の被害者のための国際デー」に合わせ、メキシコ大統領府前で抗議集会に参加する失踪者の家族ら）
　家族らは「９万人以上。どこにいるのか？」と訴え、数万人を捜し出すためのさらなる努力を政府に求めた。
　マリア・テレサ・バラデスさん（３９）は、「政府はなぜ他のことに神経を使い、強制失踪を気にしないのか？」と問い掛けた。マリアさんの兄弟のフェルナンドさんは、２０１５年に北部ソノラ州で消息を絶った。
　国連人権高等弁務官事務所（ＯＨＣＨＲ）のメキシコ事務所は当局に対し、失踪者とその家族の権利保障を強化するよう要請。「失踪は最も恐ろしい人権侵害の一つであり、（中略）各機関による献身的かつ協調的な対応が必要だ」としている。
　一方、同事務所は、昨年３月に数千人の遺体の身元確認を目的とした法医学チームが発足したことなど、これまでの取り組みについては評価した。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】

〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2021/09/01-10:19）

Relatives of missing Mexicans protested on Monday in front of the presidential palace, calling on the government to do more to find the tens of thousands of people who have disappeared.
90,000+. Where are they? read a banner brought by families to the event in Mexico City marking International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances.
This day cannot go unnoticed, said Maria Teresa Valadez, whose brother Fernando went missing in 2015 in the state of Sonora in the north of the violence-plagued country.
Why does the government worry about other things and not forced disappearances? the 39-year-old asked.
The Mexican office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights called on the authorities to strengthen rights guarantees for the missing and their relatives.
Disappearances are one of the most terrible human rights violations... and as such require a committed and coordinated response from institutions, it said in a statement.
It praised efforts so far including the creation of a forensics coordinating team in March 2020 aimed at identifying thousands of unclaimed bodies.
Last week, a group representing families of the missing said that more than 50,000 unidentified bodies were lying in mass graves or with forensic services.
The Movement for Our Disappeared in Mexico warned that the country was facing a deep forensic crisis in the identification of human remains.