The men come.

They kick in the door of the house, the villa or shack. Its residents are rich or may be poor. The perpetrators do not always wear uniforms but they always carry weapons. They often come at night but sometimes also in clear daylight. They take the father, the mother or the child into custody without an arrest warrant.

The victim has disappeared. Without a trace...

Enforced Disappearances

An enforced disappearance is the act of making a person disappeared in an involuntary manner.

Frequently this crime is committed directly by the state or with its acknowledgment, as a way of repression.

Fundamental human rights are violated through this act, not only those of the disappeared person, but also of the family members of the disappeared.