From February to May 2018 at least 33 people were reported disappeared in Nuevo Laredo, northern Mexico. Authorities have been losing crucial time to investigate and family members are being left without adequate protection.
From February to May 2018 at least 33 people were reported disappeared in Nuevo Laredo, northern Mexico. Authorities have been losing crucial time to investigate and family members are being left without adequate protection. 1) TAKE ACTION Write a letter, send an email, call, fax or tweet:- Calling on authorities to urgently and rapidly investigate the disappearances and executions reported in recent months, giving priority to the search for the disappeared as well as the examination of evidence and field-based work.
- Ensuring protection for family members who request surveillance or other security measures, and public support for the human rights defenders involved in these cases.
- Calling on the Mexican Navy to fully cooperate with all investigations and provide detailed information on their operations in recent months in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas.
Contact these two officials by 1 August, 2018:
Acting Federal Attorney General Alberto ElÃas Beltrán Procurador General Interino Rio Amazonas 43 Col. Cuauhtémoc, C.P. 06500. Ciudad de México, México Email: [email protected] Twitter: @AlbertoEBeltran Salutation: Dear Attorney General
Ambassador Gerónimo Gutiérrez, Embassy of Mexico 1911 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20006 Phone: 202 728 1600 Email: [email protected] Twitter: @GERONIMO__GF Salutation: Dear Ambassador
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