Saturday, 1 December 2012

Mexican families carry out their own investigations to find the disappeared

December 1

Since her teenage daughter went missing eight years ago, Silvia Ortiz has known that any progress in the case depends on her alone. "I still don't know if Fanny is alive or not. Maybe she is in a mass...

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Missing people, reporting is a duty of all

December 1

In Italy, from now on, anyone who becomes aware of the disappearance of someone, can report it to the Police, that will immediately start the research. A possibility, therefore, which will no longer...

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Mexico: More than 25,000 people disappear in six years

December 1

Mexico's Attorney General has compiled a list showing that more than 25,000 adults and children have gone missing in Mexico in the past six years, according to unpublished government documents. The...

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Tijuana site may contain up to 100 dissolved bodies

December 1

Authorities searching a vacant property in eastern Tijuana may have found the remains of dozens of drug-war victims gone missing after they were dissolved in lye by a man known as El Pozolero — the...

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Update: Pakistan recovers 12 bodies buried under landslides

December 1

At least 12 people have been killed, including eight Pakistani soldiers, and nine people are missing after being hit by landslides in the mountainous Kashmir region, officials said on Saturday. A...

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Update: At least 32 killed as plane hits houses in Congo

December 1

A cargo plane crashed into houses near Brazzaville Maya-Maya airport while attempting to land in a thunderstorm on Friday, killing at least 32 people, a Congolese Red Cross official said on Saturday....

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31 bodies exhumed at Sibenik cemetery

December 1

Remains of 31 persons were exhumed at the city cemetery in Sibenik, Croatia, on Friday, and samples were taken for DNA analysis, the Serbian government's Commission on Missing Persons has said. The...

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Landslide kills three troops; 18 rescuers missing

December 1

A landslide killed three Pakistani soldiers in the high mountains of Kashmir on Friday and 18 people sent to rescue them were missing after being hit by a second landslip, officials said. A military...

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