The 40,000 disappeared people of Mexico who were inherited from past administrations constitute the most painful and saddest inheritance the new government received, said President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who described this as the “rotten fruit of neoliberal politics.”

Before relatives of disappeared and search groups, the President said that to address this issue there will be no financial ceiling, because it is a State responsibility to establish the truth and investigate.

At the National Palace, the head of the federal Executive headed the reinstallation of the National System for Search of People. During the ceremony he offered three commitments to address the issue: unlimited budget flow; a quarterly evaluation of the progress of the actions promoted and urgently addressing the identification of more than 26 thousand corpses already in forensic facilities.

It is gruesome and inhumane, said López Obrador: “We will never more have to face unfortunate situations like having the bodies in trailers, in trucks, on the roads. We will dedicate everything that is needed, the State will dedicate itself to the search of the disappeared. It is not only a matter of a commission, but a responsibility of the State, that is, all the institutions, and the government. That is the commitment, that resources are not lacking.”