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INE Reports No Progress on Biometric Data Accords for Missing Persons Searches

Leaders warn that stalled interagency pacts have blocked biometric searches for more than 117,800 missing persons

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