Uruguay formally activated on Wednesday a specialized system for the urgent search of disappeared children and adolescents called Amber Alert Uruguay. The mechanism, which was approved by law in 2025 and recently regulated by the Ministry of the Interior, aims to accelerate the location of persons under the age of 18 years by means of a mass dissemination of information in real time. The tool will operate under the protocol of the Department of …
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Uruguay formally activated on Wednesday a specialized system for the urgent search of disappeared children and adolescents called Amber Alert Uruguay. The mechanism, which was approved by law in 2025 and recently regulated by the Ministry of the Interior, aims to accelerate the location of persons under the age of 18 years by means of a mass dissemination of information in real time. The tool will operate under the protocol of the Department of …
The mechanism was implemented following the regulation of the law that created it and will allow for the immediate dissemination of cases of missing minors.