{"id":1313,"date":"2026-03-25T11:36:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T10:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centrosira.org\/?p=1313"},"modified":"2026-03-27T13:59:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T12:59:21","slug":"tortura-mexico-encubriendo-la-tortura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centrosira.org\/en\/tortura-mexico-encubriendo-la-tortura\/","title":{"rendered":"Exposing torture in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the past 20 years, numerous reports have been issued in Mexico warning of the incomplete and inadequate use of the Istanbul Protocol by the agencies responsible for proving torture crimes. In response to this situation, in 2019, legal, medical, and psychological professionals joined together to audit the work of state forensic experts, under the name Grupo Independientes (Independent Group).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sira Center was also part of this team of experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Various human rights organizations have documented that torture is a widespread practice in Mexico, employed with impunity by the country's security forces, especially in the context of criminal investigations. In 2003, Mexico became the first country to develop a mechanism for documenting and investigating potential acts of torture based on the Istanbul Protocol (IP), the UN's reference manual for proving such practices. They called it a medico-psychological report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For years, the Istanbul Protocol (IP) has served to train health professionals, lawyers, psychologists, and human rights defenders in the legal and clinical investigation and documentation of torture and other forms of ill-treatment. However, in some cases, far from serving as a tool for accessing justice, the IP has been used as an instrument to conceal and perpetuate these practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the past 20 years, numerous reports and recommendations have been issued in Mexico by both national and international organizations, such as the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Physicians for Human Rights. All of these referred to the incomplete and inadequate use of the Specialized Procedure by personnel of the former Attorney General's Office (PGR), now the Attorney General's Office (FGR), with particular emphasis on the lack of multidisciplinary teams, technical rigor, ethics, and political will and commitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faced with this situation, a group of experts specializing in the Istanbul Protocol, comprised of legal, medical, and psychological professionals, launched an investigation in 2019 to audit the work of state forensic experts, under the name "Independent Group." Members of the Sira Center were also part of this team of experts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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