The victims were last seen in 2021 (Photo: Facebook/sanignaciocerrogordomx)

In Jaliscothe prosecution obtained the detention of four font elements and one former civil servant From the municipality of San Ignacio Cerro Gordo because of his alleged responsibility for the forced disappearance of several citizens, whose fate remains unknown to this day.

It was on February 14 that the personnel of the Special Prosecutor’s Office for Missing Persons (FEPD) proceeded to the arrest of the four agents (two men and two women) of the Public Security Commission of the aforementioned municipality, identified as José G., Luisa S., Silvestres M. and Fabiola C.

Meanwhile, the former municipal official responded on behalf of Óscar B., who would also have participated in the disappearance of three people. For this reason, the corresponding investigations were carried out and the respective arrest warrants were requested against those involved.

Thanks to intelligence work, elements of the investigative police deployed an operation in the municipality of San Ignacio Cerro Gordo, where the officers and the former official involved in the events were. After his apprehensionhave been left at the disposal of a reviewing judge who will determine their legal status.

Map of missing persons in Mexico by state from 1964 to 2022. Photo: Segob
Map of missing persons in Mexico by state from 1964 to 2022. Photo: Segob

Based on the investigations carried out, it was possible to determine that the three victims were last seen in 2021. However, their names and the degree of involvement of those currently detained have not been disclosed, and the possible causes that led to their disappearance have not been detailed.

According to the National Registry of Missing and Unlocated Persons (RNPDNO), across the country, 109 thousand 516 people under said condition until December 31, 2022. The state governed by Enrique Alfaro is the entity that concentrates the largest number of victims nationwide.

In Jalisco were counted approximately 15 thousand 038 people missing, Therefore, since Alfaro Ramírez began his governorship in Jalisco in 2018, this issue has been one of the main problems plaguing the population. And it is that the governor has been involved in a series of controversies due to his statements, such as when in December 2021 he pointed out that most people They disappeared “of their own free will”, which aroused the indignation of the relatives of the victims.

The state of Jalisco is followed by Tamaulipas, with 12,467 people missing; he state of mexicoor, with 11 thousand 868; Veracruzwith 7 thousand 438; New Leowith 6 thousand 250; Sinaloa, with 5 thousand 664; there Mexico Citywith 5 thousand 163 and Michoacanwith 4 thousand 803 (until the end of last year).

To date, official reports indicate more than 100,000 missing persons in Mexico.  (PHOTO: VICTORIA RAZO/CUARTOSCURO)
To date, official reports indicate more than 100,000 missing persons in Mexico. (PHOTO: VICTORIA RAZO/CUARTOSCURO)

According to data from the Information System on Victims of Disappearance (Sisovid), from December 2018 to January 31, 2023, the locate 12 thousand 533 people who had been reported missing to the FEPD (more than 50% were men and the rest were women). Most locates were made in 2019, with just over three thousand reported.

However, of this number, 10,567 people were found alive (6,577 men and 3,990 women) and thousand 966 dead (1,776 men and 190 women).

According to article 4, paragraph 1, of the Missing Persons Law of the State of Jalisco, a person classified as missing is a person whose whereabouts or whereabouts are unknown, even if his absence is not related to any type of crime. This is why the victims They are sought under the principle of the presumption of life.

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