Violence unleashed by organized crime has forced thousands of people in Mexico to abandon their homes, adding to the country's internally displaced population, the country's National Human Rights Commission said Wednesday.
The commission said it interviewed 1,784 people who reported being displaced. But it also said information from others, including local authorities and human rights organizations, produced a total of at least 35,433 people who have fled.
Commission President Luis Raul Gonzalez said the report did not measure the phenomenon as much as make it more visible so authorities can address it with a new law . . .
