President Claudia Sheinbaum has praised a new report on the government’s search for missing persons, highlighting findings that 31% of the more than 132,000 people currently listed as disappeared might actually be alive.
However, the report also found that official investigations of more than 46,000 of those considered missing have yet to begin due to a lack of data.
As part of the presentation, S...
**Steelman:** The report represents a significant effort to clarify Mexico’s missing persons crisis, using data cross-referencing to identify potential errors and locate individuals previously presumed disappeared. The government deserves credit for transparency in acknowledging systemic flaws—like unverified data and incomplete registrations—and for implementing legal reforms to improve future record-keeping. Collaboration with families and international bodies like the UN also signals a commit...