Mexico and Colombia remember the disappeared on their day of remembrance
In Mexico and Colombia, relatives of missing persons remembered their loved ones on International Day of the Disappeared Persons. teleSUR
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00:00 Relatives of victims of missing people rallied in Mexico City and Bogota on Wednesday, marking
00:05 the UN's International Day of Victims of Force Disappearances.
00:09 According to the Colombian Truth Commission, the almost five-decade conflict between the
00:13 government, the guerrilla groups, paramilitaries and the organized crime left an estimated
00:19 210,000 victims.
00:22 On the other hand, Mexico has two distinct episodes that have left thousands of disappeared.
00:27 First, a conflict between the government and the guerrilla organizations between 1965 and
00:33 1990, a period in which the Mexican Human Rights Commission recorded a total of 532
00:39 victims.
00:40 Another distinct period marked by a militarized response to combat organized crime since 2006
00:47 left on the other hand an estimated 200,000 victims.