Overview

• Six jurisdictions — Nayarit, Tabasco, Guerrero, Puebla, Chiapas and Tlaxcala — have yet to sign pending biometric collaboration accords
• No new agreements have advanced since April, leaving six pacts in limbo due to resistance from state and federal authorities
• Arturo Castillo Loza said invited agencies have declined to participate in biometric searches, prompting a formal appeal for cooperation
• INE’s July digital transformation policy centralizes voter data control and bars transfers without full council approval even as biometric CURP pilots in Veracruz gear up for national rollout by 2026
• Official figures show 117,812 people remain missing as of July 31 and the program has to date confirmed 17,735 biometric matches from 94,672 requests