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Lawsuit in Chile due to Mapuche leader’s disappearance

Published on: December 9, 2024
15:40

Santiago, Chile, Dec 9 (Prensa Latina) One month after Mapuche leader Julia Chuñir was reported missing, her whereabouts is still unknown, and the family has filed a lawsuit in Chilean court against those responsible for her disappearance.

Six died, 10 unaccounted for after rainfall in Japan

Published on: September 23, 2024
09:23

Tokyo, Sep 23 (Prensa Latina) Six people were killed, and ten remained unaccounted for after the unprecedented rainfall in the Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa, in Honshu island, local authorities reported on Monday.

Nearly 5.000 Guatemalan children have been forcibly disappeared

Published on: August 30, 2024
15:52

Guatemala City, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) At least 4,950 children have been forcibly disappeared in Guatemala, making up for 11 percent of the total victims of this crime, an official source confirmed here today.

Search will start to identify missing persons in Colombian cemetery

Published on: August 30, 2024
15:30

Bogotá, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) A search task force will seek to identify missing persons by unearthing evidence in the Albornoz Cemetery in Colombia’s northern Cartagena town, said today the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP).

Costa Rica reports 11 people missing per day

Published on: August 5, 2024
12:19

San Jose, Aug 5 (Prensa Latina) The wave of violence maintained until today in Costa Rica, which accumulates about 500 homicides this year, also includes the disappearance of an average 11 people per day, according to official media.

Remains of missing people found in military property in Uruguay

Published on: July 31, 2024
02:00

Montevideo, Jul 31 (Prensa Latina) The search for people who were disappeared during the dictatorship in Uruguay resulted in the finding of human remains on Tuesday in an army property, where the bones of communist militant Amelia Sanjurjo appeared in June 2023. The skeleton was found in the 14th Infantry Battalion in Toledo, in Canelones department, where a torture center operated during the de facto regime that ruled in Uruguay from 1973 to 1985.

Commission investigating US invasion of Panama extends work

Published on: June 26, 2024
11:38

Panama, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) The duties of the December 20, 1989, Commission, which is inquiring about everything related to the United States military invasion of Panama, will extend its work until 2027.

Mexican president to meet with parents of Ayotzinapa missing students

Published on: April 23, 2024
13:41

Mexico, Apr 23 (Prensa Latina) Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador confirmed on Tuesday that he will meet on June 3 with the relatives of the 43 missing students from Ayotzinapa.

Over 2,500 missing people annualy in Paraguay

Published on: March 18, 2024
17:35

Asuncion, Mar 18 (Prensa Latina) Paraguay have reported a ballpark figure of 2,600 missing people per year, including minors and teens, a specialized official institution informed on Monday.

Relatives of detainees disappeared in Uruguay will hold a march

Published on: December 20, 2023
07:51

Montevideo, Dec 20 (Prensa Latina) The Association of Mothers and Relatives of Disappeared Detainees(AMRDD) called for a rally to demand the identification of the remains of a woman found in a military camp last June.

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