According to the statement of authorities on Saturday, a human rights monitor and his son were shot and died. Both of the victims were shot in the southern state of Mexico Guerrero. It is the fourth incident of rights activist killings in the country for the year.

On the Way Home

Jesús Memije worked in the state Human Rights Commission. Memije was with his son when they were shot dead. On Friday, they were on their way home in Coyoca de Benítez, a municipality on the Pacific coast, when they were killed, says the commission.

Rights Activist as Motive

Prosecutors on the case are yet to provide details about the killing. However, the Human Rights Commission urged those who are investigating the issue to put their focus on Memije's work as a rights activist, a potential motive to the incident. Guerrero has an escalating violence rate connected to organized crime groups.

Human Rights Issues in Mexico

In Mexico, human rights are defined as the principles that point out to standards of behavior in the country. Also, it is typically designated as legal rights in municipal and global law.

Issues with human rights in Mexico include executions, extrajudicial killings, torture, sexual murder, police cruelties, and news reporter murders.

Torture, Widespread Disappearances, and Illicit Killings

Human Rights Watch is tasked to investigate and prepare reports on abuses occurring in different parts of the world. It is operated by 450 staff in more than 70 nations. They are staffed by lawyers, experts, and those who are protecting those who are at high risk of abuse.

They are dedicated to direct their advocacy to various armed groups, businesses, and governments to encourage them to transform their policies, laws, and practices in line with human rights. Also, they refuse funding from governments to maintain independence.

According to the Human Rights Watch, Mexican security forces have caused a considerable number of disappearances starting in 2006.

Additionally, it states that these security forces are conducting illicit murders of civilians at a disturbingly high rate. Most of them do extensive waterboarding, electric shocks, beatings, and abuse to attain information from some of their victims.

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Additionally, it states that the country's criminal justice system is widely failing victims of violent crimes and violations of human rights when they are searching for justice. Also, attacks by authorities or organized crime to new reporters and other journalists will result in self-censorship.

Also, the report points out multiple issues in connection with unaccompanied migrant youth, women's rights, girls' rights, gender identity, sexual orientation, and more.

The government of Mexico is currently in the battle with organized crime in the country's drug war. However, some of its security forces are committing human rights violations such as torture and extrajudicial killings, and the country is exerting limited efforts to make a judgment and prosecute on these human rights violations.