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January 7, 2020

Mexico: 60,000 People Disappeared Since U.S.-Backed Drug War Began
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In Mexico, authorities say more than 60,000 people have been disappeared
since the beginning of the U.S.-backed drug war in 2006. Human rights
activists say both cartels and Mexican security forces are responsible
for the disappearances. The number of those disappeared in Mexico has
now surpassed the numbers of forced disappearances countries experienced
during the U.S.-backed dirty wars and dictatorships in Latin America in
the 1970s and 1980s.


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