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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 840182" data-attributes="member: 12952">‘Drug Graves’ Unveil Drama of Mexico’s Disappeared&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Drug war graves unveil drama of Mexico’s disappearedAnahi RamaMEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Reina Estrada lost contact&nbsp; with her husband just after he traveled to Mexico’s border with Texas on&nbsp; business in March 2009, and has never heard from him or the colleagues&nbsp; he was with again.One of more than 5,000 Mexicans to disappear since drug war violence&nbsp; escalated across the country in 2006, Estrada’s husband, a paint&nbsp; salesman from central Mexico, is part of a phenomenon which until&nbsp; recently was eclipsed by the killings that fill newspapers and TV news&nbsp; bulletins daily.The grisly discovery of almost 400 bodies in shallow&nbsp; graves in northern Mexico since early April has highlighted the terrible&nbsp; fate of many citizens who have been abducted by drug gangs and forced&nbsp; to work for the cartels, or killed and buried for refusing to do so.“We never had word from him or the rest of them. It’s like the earth&nbsp; just swallowed them,” Estrada said, her voice quivering in despair.In an&nbsp; echo from some of Latin America’s military dictatorships of the 1970s&nbsp; and 80s, Mexico’s National Commission Human Rights has documented 5,397&nbsp; disappeared people since 2006.But it says the real figure is much higher as many victims’ families&nbsp; are too frightened to come forward, not trusting the authorities. In&nbsp; many cases, corrupt police are involved in the disappearances, or at&nbsp; least turn a blind eye to them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 840182, member: 12952"] [B]‘Drug Graves’ Unveil Drama of Mexico’s Disappeared[/B] [B]Drug war graves unveil drama of Mexico’s disappeared Anahi Rama MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – [/B]Reina Estrada lost contact with her husband just after he traveled to Mexico’s border with Texas on business in March 2009, and has never heard from him or the colleagues he was with again. One of more than 5,000 Mexicans to disappear since drug war violence escalated across the country in 2006, Estrada’s husband, a paint salesman from central Mexico, is part of a phenomenon which until recently was eclipsed by the killings that fill newspapers and TV news bulletins daily.The grisly discovery of almost 400 bodies in shallow graves in northern Mexico since early April has highlighted the terrible fate of many citizens who have been abducted by drug gangs and forced to work for the cartels, or killed and buried for refusing to do so. “We never had word from him or the rest of them. It’s like the earth just swallowed them,” Estrada said, her voice quivering in despair.In an echo from some of Latin America’s military dictatorships of the 1970s and 80s, Mexico’s National Commission Human Rights has documented 5,397 disappeared people since 2006. But it says the real figure is much higher as many victims’ families are too frightened to come forward, not trusting the authorities. In many cases, corrupt police are involved in the disappearances, or at least turn a blind eye to them. [/QUOTE]

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