State violence in Mexico during the «dirty war». Continuous injustices and memories resisted

Abstract

This text reflects on the state violence committed in Mexico during the period known as the dirty war. Demarcations of the elements of this context are made, because although the effects of a war are suffered and crimes against humanity are generated, such as forced disappearance and torture, this is not public and evident, retracting any possibility of frontal combat. The case of the disappearance of five members of an indigenous family is analyzed in the context of repression against guerrilla movements and the search for justice by the survivors. The concept of transitional justice is also called into question and we reflect about its failed and simulated operation after alternation in government in the year 2000. Finally, it is outlined that the memory is a form of resistance and some proposals are given to be able to try the fight against impunity.

Keywords

• guerra sucia
• violencia de estado
• méxico
• movimiento de acción revolucionaria (mar)
• guerrilla
• michoacán
• desaparición forzada
• pueblo purépecha