If there is a still open wound in Latin America , it is that of the tens of thousands of disappeared people and decades-long pain that has accumulated in parts of the region such as Mexico and Colombia. His widow, Eunice, and their five children have sought justice for years. His family had to wait 40 years to receive his death certificate and even longer for the authorities to recognize that he, like others, died in the context of the violence of the military dictatorship.
He never pays for his crimes nor are those responsible for disappearances held accountable before the Mexican justice system. That is very similar to the reality in Mexico, where according to official figures there are currently , disappeared. In Mexico the search for many disappeared rests on the shoulders of their relatives who, with scarce resources and without protection from the authorities, enter regions controlled by criminals to search for their loved ones.
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