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Mexico Unveils Blueprint to Implement Search Law for Disappeared Persons

The plan translates 570 community proposals into 30 measures with deadlines for launching identity and search-alert platforms, strengthening forensic capacity, providing victim support services, convening National Search System sessions.

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Overview

  • Authorities synthesized 570 proposals gathered from 450 collectives and 90 working sessions into 30 legislative measures organized around five pillars: search and security, forensic identification, data systems, well-being and prevention.
  • A ten-point roadmap sets binding deadlines through October 15 for issuing the law’s regulation, updating the Homologated Search Protocol and activating the Unique Identity Platform and National Search Alert.
  • Implementation mandates integration of biometric and satellite data into searches, creation of a National Investigation Folders database and harmonization of state laws with the federal statute.
  • Forensic system overhaul measures include professionalizing personnel, allocating resources to clear decades-long backlogs in identifying remains and strengthening the National Forensic Data Bank alongside specialized prosecutors.
  • Victim-centered governance is enshrined through ongoing coordination with families of the disappeared, protections for orphans and dedicated support programs for affected relatives.