Overview
- A site supervision Thursday reported construction at roughly 40–50% complete on the Centro de Resguardo Temporal y Tratamiento Forense, with a 142 million peso budget and a 6,117 m² footprint.
- The complex is being built with 2,500 prefabricated, sealed gavetas for temporary storage and 12,384 osarios for skeletal remains, and the design allows a 2,500‑gaveta expansion.
- Technical systems planned include wastewater treatment, odor and bacteria control, emergency power, fire suppression, rainwater capture and a local absorption well to protect access during rains.
- City officials say the center will host laboratories, an AI‑assisted registry and genetic sampling to speed identifications; the Unidad Central has identified 1,488 people and located 495 families while exhumations at Panteón Dolores recovered 45 bodies with 13 identified.
- The Secretaría de Obras projects construction completion in December 2026 and startup of operations under the Poder Judicial and INCIFO in early 2027, and officials emphasize the facility responds to families’ demands to replace common graves and enable dignified restitution.