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We are facing an ongoing human rights crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border. Since 1998, more than 6,915 people have lost their lives crossing this terrain.
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We are facing an ongoing human rights crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border. Since 1998, more than 7,216 people have lost their lives crossing this terrain. Of the remains that have been found, hundreds are still unidentified. At least 2,500 people are still missing. Their families are left with the agonizing uncertainty of not knowing with has become of their loved one. This crisis is complex and built upon layers of injustice. The same dehumanizing and deadly policies that created the crisis of death and disappearance continue to expand. At the same time, an average of 360 people lose their lives each year.
The Colibrí Center for Human Rights is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization with the mission to end disappearance and uphold human dignity along the U.S.-Mexico border. Colibrí works in solidarity with the families of the disappeared to find truth and justice through forensic science, investigation, and community organizing. We bear witness to this unjust loss of life, accompanying families in their search and holding space for families to build community, share stories, and raise consciousness about this human rights crisis.
For more information about our work, including a more detailed description of our different programs, please visit www.colibricenter.org. To report a person who went missing while crossing the border, please fill out the form on our website or call us at +1 520-724-8644. Estamos enfrentando una crisis de derechos humanos en la frontera entre los EEUU y México. Desde 1998, más de 7.216 personas han perdido la vida cruzando este terreno. De los restos que se han sido recuperados, cientos siguen sin identificación. Al menos 2.500 personas todavía están desaparecidas. Sus familias se quedan con la incertidumbre angustiosa de no saber que ha sido de sus seres queridos. Esta crisis es compleja y construida sobre capas de historia e injusticia. Las mismas políticas deshumanizantes y peligrosas que se crearon la crisis de la muerte y desaparición continúan expandiéndose. Al mismo tiempo, un promedio de 360 personas se fallecen cada año. El Centro Colibrí de Derechos Humanos es una organización no gubernamental sin fines de lucro trabajando para acabar con la desaparición y defender la dignidad humana a lo largo de la frontera EEUU-México. Colibrí trabajamos en solidaridad con familiares de los desaparecidos para encontrar la verdad y la justicia a través de la ciencia forense, la investigación y la organización comunitaria. Colibrí somos testigos de esta injusta pérdida de vidas, acompañando a las familias en su búsqueda y cultivando un espacio en que las familias cultivan comunidad, comparten historias y crean conciencia sobre esta crisis de derechos humanos.