A Office in Mexico Supreme Commissioner of the United Nations Human Rights (UN-DH) He called on the Mexican authorities on Friday to conduct an “effective study”, given the opening of 383 bodies without burning the crematorium Huarez Susedad, State Chihuahua, North of the country.
After the opening 383 complex corpses In a private crematorium Complete From Syudad Huarez On June 26, the authorities confirmed that at least Six funerals participate In the combustion collection that have never been carried out, which left hundreds of families in uncertainty about the resulting ash.
A Un-dh In the message, he expressed his solidarity with families and called on the Mexico government “to” conduct an effective investigation and respect the rights of the deceased in accordance with the standards of the report UN daughter. “
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He ‘Report of a special speaker on extrajudicial, summarized or arbitrary executions “prepared Morris Tidbol -binz In 2024, he exposed the state’s obligations in decent handling of the deceased from the point of view of human rights.
Firstly, a special speaker establishes that “the dignity of a person and respect from his body and his human remains do not repay death”, so the crematorium Huarez Susedad Viola, this basic principle.
The document also emphasizes that family members have the right to know the truth about the fate of their loved ones, gain access to justice and have sufficient conditions for a duel, such as Identification and delivery are worthy of the remains.
In this case, many families who thought that they received ash from their loved ones are now faced with the opportunity to get Earth or the remains of others, which is a violation of these rights.
“States should guarantee that the remains of mortals are returning to worthy families, and must help that the remains are again buried in accordance with the personal or cultural preferences of the deceased,” the speaker says.
In addition, he notes that although the management of the remains can fall on private entities, the state remains responsible for guarantee independent opinions of experts, identification of bodies And a worthy duel for families.
Thus, the report offers a roadmap for the Mexican state to answer not only by criminal sanctions, but also with Truth, repair and structural prevention.
Before the detection of 383 bodies in the crematorium #CiudadjarezWe sympathize with families. We urge to conduct an effective investigation and respect the rights of deceased people in accordance with the standards of the UN reporting report. pic.twitter.com/x8dviklpwv
-Un-dh Mexico (@onudhmexico) July 4, 2025
With information EFE.
