US EditionMexico says 40,000 of country's 130,000 disappeared people may be alive
A year-long review found 31% of Mexico's 130,000 missing persons showed activity in official records, with 5,269 reclassified as located, officials said.
- On Friday, Mexico released a year-long registry review identifying 40,308 entries with activity in other government databases, suggesting those individuals may be alive. Officials confirmed 5,269 people as 'found' using cross-referencing.
- Decades of drug cartel violence after 2006 created the crisis, with over 130,000 people registered as missing. Authorities acknowledged the registry was managed with 'very little control,' compiled from unverified lists and citizen reports.
- Roughly 46,000 records lack basic information, while 43,128 show no activity in government databases, according to Friday's findings. Top security official Marcela Figueroa said new rules now obligate local prosecutors to open investigation files for all disappearance cases.
- Critics of the report, including the Miguel Agust Human Rights Center, called the findings 'misleading' and warned the methodology minimizes state responsibility. Families fear reclassification could erase legitimate cases, hindering searches.
- Grassroots search groups like Guerreros Buscadores continue independent efforts, finding skeletal remains in Tlajomulco, Zuniga on Tuesday. Figueroa stated, 'We will continue looking for all disappeared people until finding them,' amid ongoing impunity concerns.
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MEXICO CITY—The Mexican government reported on Friday in a new report that identified signs of life in one third of the 130,000 people registered as missing in the country, an announcement that was quickly criticized by several search groups that described it as another attempt to minimize the severity of the disappearance crisis in Mexico . Growing criticism points to the core of the heated debate about how Mexico records disappearances, which …
By Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español. The Mexican government presented a new report on Friday regarding the disappearance of people in the country, a phenomenon that, according to the United Nations (UN) and numerous specialists, is indicative of the high levels of violence and human rights violations that prevail in Mexican territory. Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum says it was necessary to review the figures from the National Registry on the matter, a c…
Signs of life found for 40,000 of Mexico’s 132,000 missing persons
President Claudia Sheinbaum has praised a new report on the government’s search for missing persons, highlighting findings that 31% of the more than 132,000 people currently listed as disappeared might actually be alive. However, the report also found that official investigations of more than 46,000 of those considered missing have yet to begin due to a lack of data. President Sheinbaum stands beside a wall projection containing a number of figu…
Mexican authorities said they may have identified more than 40,000 people listed as missing but who may still be alive by comparing official databases such as tax and marriage registers.
Mexico says a third of 130,000 missing people might be alive, fuelling criticisms by families
Mexico’s government said in a new report on Friday that it has identified signs of life for a third of the country’s 130,000 registered missing people, an announcement that was quickly criticized by a number of search groups which called it an attempt to undermine the depth of Mexico’s disappearance crisis.
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