translated from Spanish: 44% of disappearances in Veracruz, committed by officials

The National Commission on Human Rights (CNDH) criticized the insufficient efforts made by the authorities in Veracruz to bring down and clarify the enforced disappearance of persons and the one committed by individuals from January 2011 to December 2018.
This is so that, in presenting the Special Report on the security and disappearance of people in Veracruz, which reports the discovery of 325 clandestine graves.
In the period January 2011 to December 2018 alone, 180 bodies were exhumed; 548 skulls and 24 thousand 238 skeletal remains, according to information provided by the State Public Prosecutor’s Office.
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According to the Commission, there are also a number of offences linked to enforced disappearance in that entity, which have accumulated and most have not been resolved, along with other converging problems, such as violence and insecurity, as they are common practices among criminal groups operating in the state.
Moreover, the corruption, impunity and complicity of some authorities, who with their actions or omissions, allowed the perpetrators of such conduct to act deliberately and without consequences, a situation that leads to attempts to ensure the pursuit of justice to be condemned to overcome obstacles.
As of April 30, 2018, the state of Veracruz ranked 14th nationally by number of reported disappearances, with a total of 731 registrations.
According to the National Registry of Data on Lost or Missing Persons (RNPED), the municipalities with the highest incidence in disappearances of people are Xalapa (169), Veracruz (80), Córdoba (47), Coatzacoalcos (34) and Poza Rica (28).
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In view of this purpose, the Special Report calls on the authorities in the three areas of government to implement actions aimed at eradicating these practices and conducting successful investigations to apprehend and bring to justice those responsible for these crimes.
Of the enforced disappearance complaints filed with the CNDH, the agency noted that in 44% of cases, the complainors singled out actors at 3 levels of government as likely victims, and 16% mentioned members of organized crime as responsible for the events.
In 1% of the cases, victims reported as likely perpetrators of state agents and members of criminal groups, while 39% said they had no evidence of those who perpetrated the disappearance.
The report is addressed to the Union Congress, the Ministry of the Interior, members of the Chamber of Senators, the National Commission for the Search for Persons, the Executive Commission on Victim Care (CEAV), the Secretariat of Public Security and Federal Citizen Protection and the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic.
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Also to the Executive and Legislative Powers of the state, as well as Attorney General’s Office, the Secretariat of Public Security, the State Search Commission and State Executive Commission of Integral Care for Victims, all of Veracruz.
With information from Notimex.
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Original source in Spanish