Estado de México Overtakes Jalisco in National Missing Persons Count

Federal registry data show 48 percent of the current sexenio’s 20,303 disappearances are concentrated in six states, signaling a shifted geographic pattern.

Overview

The Registro Nacional de Personas Desaparecidas y No Localizadas (RNPDNO) reports 20,303 people missing in the current sexenio and shows six states hold 48 percent of those cases.
The Estado de México leads with 2,314 reported missing, followed by Sinaloa, Baja California, Mexico City, Michoacán and Guanajuato according to the RNPDNO figures.
Jalisco now ranks ninth with 1,045 cases and the state government credits the drop to a new Secretaría de Inteligencia y Búsqueda, legal reforms, increased forensic funding and a localization rate above 60 percent in early 2026.
Despite the redistribution, the totals remain large compared with past administrations and rights groups say the crisis still needs stronger prevention, investigation, identification and family support.
Historically Jalisco had the highest totals in prior sexenios—5,340 cases under Peña Nieto and 6,706 under López Obrador—showing the change reflects a shift in where disappearances are recorded rather than a resolved national problem.