Acknowledgments

This report was written by Tamara Taraciuk, Mexico researcher in the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch. Paulina Vega, a consultant with the Americas Division, co-researched this report. The report was edited by José Miguel Vivanco, executive director of the Americas Division, María McFarland Sánchez-Moreno, senior researcher in the Americas Division, Aisling Reidy, senior legal advisor at Human Rights Watch, and Joe Saunders, deputy program director at Human Rights Watch. Americas Division associates Kavita Shah and Paola Adriazola contributed to research logistics and production. Americas Division interns Alana Roth, Andrea Oñate-Madrazo, Marlon Arias, Mirte Postema, and Sergio Garcidueñas-Sease provided valuable research support.

Human Rights Watch would like to thank the many organizations and individuals that contributed to this report, some of whom asked not to be identified. We are especially grateful for the critical insights and advice we received from Santiago Aguirre and Jaqueline Sáenz from the Centro Prodh, María Sirvent and Mario Solórzano from the Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos, Patricia Bordier and Vidulfo Rosales from the Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña Tlachinollan, Edgar Cortez from the Red Nacional de Organismos Civiles de Derechos Humanos “Todos los Derechos para Todas y Todos,” and Sandra de Luna and Martha Castillon from Copprovi.We also received valuable input from Jorge Castañeda and Mariclaire Acosta. Human Rights Watch takes full responsibility for any errors or omissions in this report.

We would like to thank the government officials we interviewed, as well as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for organizing these meetings.

We are deeply grateful to the victims and relatives of victims of human rights abuses who shared information regarding their cases with us.