Overview
- REDIM counted 10,684 reports of missing children and adolescents in 2025, with about 2,850 still unlocated, a 30% increase that prompted the UN Committee to activate an urgent Article 34 procedure.
- From January to November 2025, 1,991 minors were killed, an 11.5% drop versus 2024, with 565 deaths by firearm highlighting the normalization of armed violence.
- The group recorded 58 feminicides of girls and adolescent women in 2025 and 884 since 2015, with three in ten cases concentrated in Estado de México, Veracruz, and Jalisco.
- Other harms include 278 identified child trafficking victims and 56 kidnappings, while 2024 estimates suggest 388 to 1,084 adolescents may reflect forced recruitment that remains untallied in law and vulnerable to underreporting.
- REDIM says the 2026 child-focused allocation totals 1.1 trillion pesos yet falls to 10.8% of the federal budget, and it urges strengthening SIPINNA as indigenous, migrant, and poor children bear disproportionate risks.