Journal of Medical Toxicology and Clinical Forensic Medicine

Abstract

After this presentation, attendees will learn the results of an innovative teaching program in basic forensic sciences and crime scene investigation developed for the relatives of victims ofEnforced Disappearances and Violations of Human Rights,This presentation will benefit the forensic science community by accomplishing that people without any background in/knowledge of forensic sciences and crime scene investigation field be able to address and process a crime scene.
Enforced disappearances are a major issue that several nations have faced throughout the history and that have left a problematic number of people declared “missing” around the world. An Enforced Disappearance is the kidnapping process of a person by an unknown individual organization with the purpose of acting outside the margins of the law. Oftentimes, enforced disappearances entail the assassination of the kidnapped person, whose body is usually discarded, leaving the feeling that the victim has faded away from the face of the earth. Nowadays, drug trafficking is considered one of the most important contexts in which a numerous amount of people is being declared “missing” and Mexico ranks among the countries with the highest number of enforced disappearances. This is why, many groups of close relatives of enforced disappeared people has been formed throughout Mexico, initially with the main goal of supporting the close relatives of the “missing”, but subsequently with the purpose of going out.