The Philippine human rights expert stressed that the Mexican federal government does not have statistics available to her, but that “other sources”, notably non-governmental organizations, universities and local authorities, have given her estimates that the internally displaced in the state of 126 million inhabitants are between 350,000 and 400,000.
Crime, mining activity, illegal logging and local conflicts have forced hundreds of thousands of people to be displaced in Mexico, United Nations special rapporteur Cecilia Jimenez-Damari said on Friday.
The Philippine human rights expert stressed that the Mexican federal government does not have statistics available to her, but that “other sources”, notably non-governmental organizations, universities and local authorities, have given her estimates that the internally displaced in the state of 126 million inhabitants are between 350,000 and 400,000.
Mrs. Jimenes-Damari presented to the press the conclusions of her visit to the country from August 29, during which she visited four regions.
Among the factors that contribute to the phenomenon “are various types of violence, often associated with organized crime, sometimes with development projects, with mining activities, with illegal logging, with electoral, religious and agricultural conflicts”, he listed.
The lawyer specializing in the rights of the internally displaced estimated that among the hundreds of thousands of Mexican citizens who were uprooted from their land, most are indigenous.
According to Ms. Jiménez-Damari, impunity and the weaknesses of the justice and security systems are also factors that have a large contribution to the displacement of many people in Mexico, who prefer to leave their homes because they fear for their lives.
“In some areas of the country, organized crime terrorizes, controls territories and populations with threats, with intimidation (…). “Investigations are rarely carried out, even when the most serious crimes are committed, such as murders or disappearances,” he added.
The expert is due to present her final findings to the United Nations Human Rights Council in June 2023.
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