CIDH demanded that the Mexican State punish those responsible for the Teuchitlán case

The IACHR demanded justice for the barbarity found at the Izaguirre ranch

The Inter-American Commission on  Human Rights  demanded that the Mexican government investigate, sanction, and provide reparations to the victims of the Teuchitlán case.

The Izaguirre ranch was identified as a possible extermination center for organized crime, where human remains and personal belongings were found.

However, it was the search collectives who located clandestine graves with charred bone remains. Once again, it was the mothers who did the work that the authorities did not want to do.

Mexico must guarantee comprehensive reparations, according to the IACHR

The IACHR warned that the search for the disappeared can't fall solely on the collectives.

The State must guarantee a professional investigation, sanction those responsible, and offer comprehensive reparations to the victims. It also requested that the identification of the remains be done with reliable scientific methods.

The case provoked national outrage

Thousands of people held vigils in public squares and denounced the federal government's omission.
The IACHR supported these expressions of memory and demand for truth.

More than 120,000 missing people: a tragedy that the State continues to ignore

The discovery in Teuchitlán reactivated the debate on the missing persons crisis in Mexico.

More than 120,000 people have been reported as missing in recent years. Meanwhile, the numbers keep growing, without tangible results or exemplary punishments. The IACHR reminded that the State must guarantee safe conditions for the search collectives.

Their work is not only legitimate, it is proof of the absence of authority, instead of being protected, many searchers are threatened or revictimized.

Impunity remains the norm in extermination cases

The IACHR requested that the pact of impunity surrounding these crimes be broken. So far, there are no sentenced perpetrators or clear information about the victims found, and the Attorney General's Office has only offered generic statements without visible progress.

The Teuchitlán  case reveals the State's failure to confront organized crime. It also exposes the gap between official speeches and the reality that  families live.

Mexico is obliged to act if it doesn't want to be remembered as a country that buried its truth in clandestine graves.