Overview

• Official figures show more than 130,000 people are missing in Mexico, with an average of 40 disappearances reported each day this year.
• Over half of all cases have occurred during the administrations of Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, fueling debate over state accountability.
• Six states—Jalisco, Estado de México, Tamaulipas, Michoacán, Veracruz and Sinaloa—account for nearly half of the country’s registered disappearances.
• The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances declared Mexico’s forced disappearances crimes against humanity and activated Article 34 of its convention for urgent review.
• Rights groups argue the July 16 reform to strengthen search, location and identification mechanisms fell short due to a lack of open debate and family participation.