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LATEST UPDATE
Based on information in the secret government archives, 532 files of missing persons were investigated, and it was found that 275 cases of these had been persons who were arrested, tortured and killed by state security forces.
TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE PROCESSES
Updated in January 2008
Updated in January 2008
Mexico: National Human Rights Commission
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NAME OF MECHANISM
Comision Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CNDH) or the National Human Rights Commission (Alternative Process)
YEARS OF OPERATION
2001
MANDATE AND OPERATIONS
Result: Based on information in the secret government archives, 532 files of missing persons were investigated, and it was found that 275 cases of these had been persons who were arrested, tortured and killed by state security forces
FINAL REPORT
Informe Especial sobre las quejas en materia de desaparaciones forzadasocurridas en la decada de los 70 y principios de los 80 (Special Report on the Complaints Regarding Forced Disappearances from the Decade of the 1970’s and Beginning of the 1980’s).
The 3,000 page report was released on November 27, 2001.
The Commission made known the illegal modus operandi of the armed security forces and recommended the designation of a Special Prosecutor.
On the day of the release of the report President Vincente Fox announced the creation of the Special Prosecutor’s Office, and issued instructions for the secret archives to be made available to the Special Prosecutor and the public. [HRW]