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Since the ‘war on drugs' was declared in 2007, disappearances related to drug cartel violence has been one of the most critical issues in Mexico. There are currently 114,000 individuals reported missing and the impact on their families is enormous. Lucía de los Angeles Díaz comes from one of these families. She has founded a mothers' collective - Solecito de Veracruz - to search for their loved ones. So far, they have been able to return the remains of over 300 disappeared to their families.
In collaboration with universities and a local government in Mexico, professionals from the Global Security Programme at the Blavatnik School of Government saw an opportunity to help these families through the FOUND project. This project uses technology to locate and analyse search areas using satellite imagery, drones, sensors and multispectral cameras.
Hosted by Ciaran Martin, Professor of Practice in the Management of Public Organisations, Blavatnik School of Government, join Lucía de los Ángeles Díaz, Miguel Moctezuma and Víctor Ávila as they discuss the work of the mothers’ collective Solicito de Veracruz, and the collaboration with the FOUND project.
Blavatnik School of Government
University of Oxford
bsg.ox.ac.uk
Since the ‘war on drugs' was declared in 2007, disappearances related to drug cartel violence has been one of the most critical issues in Mexico. There are currently 114,000 individuals reported missing and the impact on their families is enormous. Lucía de los Angeles Díaz comes from one of these families. She has founded a mothers' collective - Solecito de Veracruz - to search for their loved ones. So far, they have been able to return the remains of over 300 disappeared to their families.
In collaboration with universities and a local government in Mexico, professionals from the Global Security Programme at the Blavatnik School of Government saw an opportunity to help these families through the FOUND project. This project uses technology to locate and analyse search areas using satellite imagery, drones, sensors and multispectral cameras.
Hosted by Ciaran Martin, Professor of Practice in the Management of Public Organisations, Blavatnik School of Government, join Lucía de los Ángeles Díaz, Miguel Moctezuma and Víctor Ávila as they discuss the work of the mothers’ collective Solicito de Veracruz, and the collaboration with the FOUND project.
Blavatnik School of Government
University of Oxford
bsg.ox.ac.uk
