The Forensic anthropology in Mexico: its contribution against violence

Authors

  • Adriana Macías Madero Licenciatura en Arqueología - Universidad Autónoma de San Luis

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48705/chztk.v6i11.2502

Keywords:

violence, disappearances, administration of justice, applied science, forensic archaeology, identification of people

Abstract

Mexico faces a highly violent historical moment characterized among many things by the high rates of disappearance of people. No family is exempt from this atrocity and it becomes a necessity for Judicial Institutions to establish strategies and guidelines to intervene and reduce this problem.

Throughout the national territory, findings of clandestinely deposited corpses are frequently reported, which are difficult to identify, either due to the conditions in which they are found or the level of violence exerted on the remains.If we consider that the right to identity and individualization is recognized worldwide, it can be said that depriving any individual of this is an act of violence at various levels, including the psychological level for the immediate emotional circle, a crime that must be punished. Given these facts, the authorities must provide society with the security and tranquility of knowing the whereabouts of their loved ones, this being one of the many guarantees that must be granted to society.The above and to reduce impunity, one of the strategies that have been planned at the national level is the implementation of an Accusatory Justice system in which multidisciplinary investigations are promoted where the optimal execution of the law is guaranteed. law, which in turn seeks to reduce violence rates.

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Author Biography

  • Adriana Macías Madero, Licenciatura en Arqueología - Universidad Autónoma de San Luis

    Graduated in Anthropology with a Specialty in Archeology from the UAZ – 2006 with the thesis “An approach to military strategies at the El Tuiche archaeological site, during the early viceroyalty.” Master in Archeology from the Center for Archaeological Studies of COLMICH 2009, with the thesis “How the pigs made La Piedad, Michoacán, important.” Doctor in History from the Academic Unit of History of the UAZ – 2016, with the thesis “Horticulture in Zacatecas and Guadalupe: an archaeo-historical vision. Graduate in Cultural Management at the UdeG. Post doctorate in Archeology at the Center for Archaeological Studies - COLMICH with the Research “Going back to green” approach from ecological economics. He has worked on historical and archaeological research in different states of the republic, as well as participated in national and international dissemination and dissemination forums, both orally and through written media. He has participated in open dissemination spaces such as rockanrolera.com with archeology of music and on public radio and television with capsules on archeology topics. It works on the thematic lines of historical, industrial, economic, military, forensic, ethnobotany, ways of life, heritage, landscape and colonial archaeology. He has collaborated in the professional training of archaeologists at the University of San Luís Potosí, the Academic Unit of Anthropology in Zacatecas, and also has a patent on an experimental archeology course for children. He currently works as a teacher - researcher at the Autonomous University of Zacatecas, he has been a PRODEP profile since 2017 and a SNI Candidate. Email adriana.macias@uaslp.mx

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Published

2024-02-01

How to Cite

The Forensic anthropology in Mexico: its contribution against violence. (2024). Revista Chicomoztoc, 6(11), 138. https://doi.org/10.48705/chztk.v6i11.2502