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Yet the fact that Angelus is a government enterprise, specifically created to search people, sets it apart. It gives more institutional visibility to the search for the truth — what happened, who committed the crime, where the victim ended up — and, with it, a greater opportunity for families and survivors to access justice.
This systematic nature of the forced disappearances implies, according to the researcher, that “the cases cannot be seen individually because the destinations are not individual.” Several people were probably tortured at one point by the same officer using the same nickname while in the same location, for example. Hence, an Angelus is key to better elucidate these patterns.
But on top of that, the work behind Angelus involves people devoting themselves almost daily to reading documents and records written by agents detailing atrocities: how they tortured, beat, raped and disappeared and what tools — or in particularly bloody cases, live animals — they used to commit violence.The work has a real impact for victims and their families, particularly when they can get answers.
No computer can help when the whole country of Mexico is run by Drug cartels. I personally have not gone to that drug run cesspool in 30 years.
Amazing. AI can now solve or help solve crimes.