Overview
- Chiapas authorities reported that migrants who had been listed as missing in the state were located in the United States following information shared by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
- Official statements differ on the count: one report says six people were identified while others list seven and publish names and nationalities tied to U.S. detention records.
- The missing-person reports date from 2016, 2021, 2022 and 2023, and Chiapas’s Immigration Prosecutor has requested cancellation of the '¿Has visto a…?' search fichas for the located individuals.
- Authorities have not disclosed when the migrants entered the U.S., how they were identified, their current immigration or detention status, or whether direct contact with the individuals was made.
- Chiapas says it will keep reviewing pending case files and sharing data with international agencies, a step that officials say could correct registries and help locate more people who go missing while transiting toward the United States.