Tuesday, 7 July 2026

Inside Mexico's cartel kidnapping crisis: 'How can they hold a World Cup?'


More than 130,000 people have been forcibly disappeared in Mexico as cartel violence surges, leaving thousands of families searching for answers. They say the authorities have failed them and are demanding justice. Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 Consecutive governments have failed to stop the disappearances. A UN committee recently said there were indications of state security forces themselves being involved in some cases, describing these as crimes against humanity, though the current government rejected its report as “biased”. In our latest On the Ground video feature, the Guardian follows families as they confront the police and challenge the government, determined to use this summer’s World Cup to expose Mexico’s disappearance crisis. Watch the full film ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEp5a1yvrAI #mexico #cartels #worldcup #losdesaparecidos #missinginmexico #cartelviolence

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