Jakarta –
More than 3,400 women were reported missing in Peru between January and April this year. This was conveyed in the report of the local Ombudsman.
Reported by AFP, Sunday (11/6/2023) in the Ombudsman’s office report entitled ‘What happened to them?’ the first four months of 2023 saw 3,406 complaints of missing women filed. Only 1,902 were found, and 1,504 are still missing, the report said.
“The Peruvian situation… regarding the disappearance will be classified as a situation of imminent danger,” said Deputy Ombudsman Isabel Ortiz.
It was stated that the local government did not make the problem of missing people a priority.
“The state has taken no action to prevent this kind of incident,” which occurs every year in the Andean nation of 33 million people, he said.
“The state does not make the issue of disappearances (mostly kidnappings and kidnappings) a priority agenda,” he said.
In 2022, more than 5,380 women, mostly girls and teenagers, were reported missing. This figure is 9.7 percent lower than in 2021.
(dwia/dwia)
2023-06-10 22:06:27
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