HRW accuses Mexican security forces of 149 "disappearances" Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused Mexican security forces of involvement in at least 149 "forced disappearances" over the last six years, during the presidency of Felipe Calderon, in a report presented on Thursday. José Miguel Vivanco, regional director of Human Rights Watch for the Americas, called it "one of the most serious crises of recent decades in Latin America". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES