My problem is the human disappearances in Mexico; specifically those caused by government officials such as police officers, politicians, and members of the military. I will be focusing mainly on recent events that have made this problem much more known. After the mass disappearance of 43 students in the state of Guerrero, this issue wet viral and the Mexican government was forced to do something. The United Nations had contacted the Mexican government before to ask them to keep track of all the disappearances, but this time they specifically asked Mexico to come up with a solution that will actually end this humanitarian crisis. (Reuters News Agency) The disappearance of the 43 students was already really helpful to get the word out about this problem. Protests were made all over Mexico and in other countries as well. In my social media campaign I will use a Pinterest board, it will have images of protests and political cartoons that have been made as a form of protesting the Mexican government.

As I contemplate the possible solutions I keep thinking about body cameras, like the ones that U.S police officers have recently begun to use. I feel as if these cameras will help resolve the huge problem of corruption as well as enforced disappearances. If police officers, politicians and military personnel know that the human rights commission is watching them they will hopefully abstain from criminal acts such as corruption, or kidnapping civilians. This might also keep these people from silencing the press, recently the press has become more fearful of the effects of what they are reporting and how they are reporting news. While I was doing my research I came upon several articles in Mexican journals that were obviously edited so not to harm the reporter. Also I found a lot of anonymously written sources. When I finally came across a spanish written article that didn’t show any obvious censorship and was helpful.