The tragedy grows daily. As this editor lives in Michoacán, not far from Morelia, this revelation has an even more personal feel.
Acapulco Kidnap Mystery May be Solved - NYTimes.com: "They were 20 men, kidnapped in broad daylight soon after they arrived at the Pacific resort city of Acapulco for what their families said was a guys’ vacation. That was five weeks ago, and their fate has been a mystery since then. But the discovery of a mass grave in a coconut grove on the city’s rural outskirts, after an anonymous tip, may provide the answer many people feared. ...
Leonel Godoy, the governor of Michoacan, which borders the state (of Guerrero) where Acapulco is located, said the kidnappings appeared to be a case of mistaken identity. “From the beginning we have sent out the message to those who took them to bring them back because evidently there was confusion, because the honest way they made their living has been proven,” Mr. Godoy said.
Five of the missing men were brothers who owned an auto repair shop in Morelia, the Michoacan state capital, and five more were their employees. The brothers’ relatives said they organized a trip every year." Nov. 4, 2010
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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