Overview

• Authorities confirmed Aída Karina Juárez Jacobo was found dead in Villa de Ramos, San Luis Potosí, and said a person responsible has been identified and detained with investigations coordinated between Zacatecas and San Luis Potosí.
• Aída Karina had been searching for her daughter, Goretty Guadalupe, missing since June in Guadalupe, Zacatecas, and local reports say she was abducted on August 26 in that municipality.
• Searcher collectives marked August 30 with protests and symbolic actions across the country, including shoe displays in Culiacán, photo walls in Mexico City and marches in Veracruz, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Colima and Baja California.
• The UN human rights office and the ICRC urged stronger protections for searchers, faster victim‑centered investigations and transparent selection of national search leadership, citing limited forensic capacity and persistent impunity.
• Mexico’s registries and independent trackers report roughly 131,000–133,000 people missing, civil groups count at least 25 searchers killed and seven disappeared since 2016, and families call for immediate search protocols and better coordination between commissions and prosecutors.