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Pedro Camacho

Sheinbaum Pushes Back on UN Claim, Says Disappearances in Mexico Are 'Not Crimes Against Humanity'

Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum (Credit: Getty Images)

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected a United Nations assessment that enforced disappearances in Mexico could amount to crimes against humanity, arguing that such a classification does not apply because there are "no systematic attacks by the State."

Speaking at her daily press conference on Tuesday, Sheinbaum said the definition used by the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances does not reflect Mexico's current reality.

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