disappearances

April 13, 2020
Madeleine Wattenbarger

As the 5th National Search Brigade for Disappeared Persons continues its work, the main obstacle is the state.

September 17, 2018
Christy Thornton

Examining the disappearance of 43 students in southern Mexico four years ago can lead to only one conclusion: culpability lies with the Mexican state.

June 26, 2018
Alexander Gorski

German guns have been traced to the disappearance of the 43 Ayotzinapa students on September 26, 2014. Now the company that exported them may actually be held accountable.

May 18, 2017
Federico Barahona

For the mothers whose children have been disappeared during the drug war in Mexico, there is little to celebrate.

September 28, 2016
Laura Carlsen

It has been two years since the crime of Ayotzinapa. The anniversary provoked a moment of soul-searching for Mexico - Part three in our series on Ayotzinapa after two years.

September 27, 2016
Janice Gallagher, Paula Martinez Gutierrez and Camila Ruiz Segovia

What can we learn from analyzing data around organizing and media responses to the Ayotzinapa case? Part two in our series on Ayotzinapa after two years.

February 25, 2016
Ericka Deyanira Ovando Becerril

"I wander among ghosts:" A short story and accompanying video reflects on the disappearance of 43 Ayotzinapa students 17 months ago.

January 26, 2016
Jeff Abbott

18 high-ranking military officials, including President Morales’ right-hand-man, face charges of leading campaigns of forced disappearances in the 1980s.

November 19, 2015
Nidia Bautista

The mothers of Mexico’s disappeared have become some of the most important voices denouncing the Mexican state’s role in perpetuating femicide and other forms of violence in the country.

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