Puerto Vallarta News

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Mexico: Over 9,000 Children Disappeared Amid Violent Security Policy

Since 1995 over 9,000 children in Mexico have disappeared

Since 1995 over 9,000 children in Mexico have disappeared, the country’s ombudsman Luis Raul Gonzalez announced Wednesday during the 3rd National Conference on the Rights of Children and Adolescents. Almost 5,000 disappeared during the 6-year government of Enrique Peña Nieto.

Sandra Mejia, of the Network for the Rights of Children in Mexico (Redim), said that of every four cases of disappearances involving children, three occurred during Peña Nieto’s administration. She also said Radim recorded 4,677 minor who are still missing, of which 2,840 are girls. “The numbers on . . .

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