article_snippet: As the days and weeks passed, the Mexican authorities stalled and obfuscated.
article_snippet: Despite worldwide attention on the issue, the Mexican authorities have, for months, failed to properly investigate all lines of the case, especially the worrying allegations of complicity by armed forces.
article_snippet: For the past six months, mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers, as well as other relatives and community members, have been campaigning relentlessly, demanding answers from the Mexican authorities about what happened to their loved ones.
article_snippet: But a constant factor has been the Mexican government's failure to respond effectively and address these grave human rights violations.
article_snippet: These 43 mothers and fathers have decided These 43 mothers and fathers cannot accept the silence or half-answers These 43 mothers and fathers have been given by the Mexican government, instead These 43 mothers and fathers are demanding the truth.
article_snippet: This is a worrying sign that Mexico is not stepping up and taking this human rights crisis seriously.
article_snippet: On March 3, Mexico appointed Arely Gómez González as the new federal attorney general.
article_snippet: Mexico's response has been nothing but disrespectful and insensitive," Omar said.
highlights_snippet: : It is outrageous that Mexican authorities have not found Mexican authorities .