Overview
- The Interior Ministry said coordinated investigation, search, victim services, and protection actions are underway following a UN urgent action and IACHR measures.
- The international MIRHAR team, backed by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the UN human rights office, has been recognized in the case and now has access to the investigative file.
- Authorities have detained three suspected CJNG operators in the abduction, though relatives say those arrested are not the intellectual authors.
- Relatives and supporters held memorial protests and art actions in Xalapa and other cities, pressing for the safe return of Ricardo Lagunes and Antonio Díaz.
- Ricardo Lagunes and Antonio Díaz disappeared on Jan. 15, 2023 near Cerro de Ortega after years of disputes over Ternium’s Las Encinas mining project, and families continue to seek company engagement through non-judicial channels.