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An Inter-American Commission on Human Rights report describes an alarming surge in disappearances in Mexico, with more than 130,000 missing, many involving direct or indirect state complicity, including torture and forced disappearances; families have organized searches amid a faltering justice system and widespread impunity, while the government denies state involvement and UN findings call for accountability.
Peru's security forces committed alarming human rights violations during anti-government protests last December, according to a report by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). The response to demonstrators could be classified as a massacre, with more than 60 people dying in clashes with police and soldiers. President Dina Boluarte, who replaced Castillo, later on Wednesday dismissed the group's conclusions. The IACHR report follows a Human Rights Watch publication, which concluded that Peru's security forces were responsible for protest deaths.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has released a report stating that the Peruvian government committed abuses during the crackdown on widespread unrest following the arrest of former President Pedro Castillo in December. The report suggests that the state’s response to nationwide protests could be classified as a “massacre” and that the deaths could constitute extrajudicial executions. The majority of those killed were protesters, and many of the harshest responses took place in rural Andean regions with large Indigenous populations. Amnesty International has called on the Canadian government to halt weapons exports to the Peruvian government.