Mexico's number of 'disappeared' people rises above 100,000
Date 17.05.2022
There are now over 100,000 people in Mexico's national register of the "disappeared." The UN says organized crime is among the leading causes of missing people in the country.
-Mexican students take part in a protest against the violence in Mexico.
Human rights organizations and relatives of the missing have called on the government to step up investigations and conduct searches more effectively
Mexico's official figure of missing people on Monday surpassed 100,000 for the first time as families pushed authorities to do more to find victims of violence linked to organized crime.
The interior ministry compiles a national register of the "desaparecidos" — Spanish for missing people — which is periodically updated.
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