Three police officers are linked to proceedings for forced disappearance in San Luis Potosí

Three elements of the Municipal Police were linked to the process for their alleged involvement in the forced disappearance of two 18-year-old youths. The crime, which occurred last March 15, exposed the institutional rot of many local corporations.

The individuals involved were identified as Eduardo "N," Daniel "N," and José "N", who are currently under preventive detention. The community had previously pointed out irregularities and abuses, but the case confirms what many already knew.

Complicity in the command

According to the San Luis Potosí Prosecutor's Office, the youths were intercepted by armed civilians in front of the municipal command and taken to an unknown location. Everything happened under the complicit gaze of the local police force, without any action being taken to stop them.

The crime was recorded... and so was the institutional silence

The moment of the kidnapping was captured on video and spread on social media. For eight days, the authorities remained silent until the victims appeared with signs of torture, but alive. Without that evidence and public pressure, the case would have ended like so many others: unpunished and forgotten.

The police chief involved had already failed the trust control exams but continued in his role as if nothing had happened. He was replaced by Jonathan Adrián Contreras Campos in an attempt to curb the growing social discontent.

How many more cases without video go uninvestigated?

The severity doesn't lie only in the involvement of municipal police. The crime occurred in broad daylight, in front of the Public Security headquarters, without anyone intervening. The line between authority and crime is already blurred, if it still exists.

Tamuín is just another example of institutional deterioration in various regions of the country. Infiltrated corporations, directors without controls, and defenseless citizens. The public force, far from generating trust, is now a cause for fear.

The State, as always, arrives late

The response from the authorities was late and forced. They only acted due to the existence of the video, citizen outrage, and undeniable evidence. But what happens with cases without cameras, without witnesses, or without family members with a voice?

San Luis Potosí faces a deep institutional crisis that can no longer be disguised. While the government boasts of a "transformation," its police disappear youths with total impunity. That is no longer omission. It is complicity disguised as negligence.

When being detained by a police officer equates to not returning home, we are not facing a security problem, but a failed State. And the most serious: a State that wears a uniform and is paid from the treasury.