Government Says 16,000 Is Total Number of Missing Persons in Mexico Since 2006 The Argentina Independent
go to original June 18, 2014

Members of the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity (MPJD), relatives of Mexico’s drug war victims, gather at the Estela de Luz monument in Mexico City to mark the movement’s three year anniversary in April. (Clayton Conn/FSRN)

New figures announced by Mexico’s Government Secretary, Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, have put the number of disappeared in the country at 16,000. The number, which is double the estimate given by the government last May, come from the National Information System, which was put in place to correlate information from the country’s 31 states and capital.

Some of those who are missing are victims of forced disappearances related to the country’s on-going drug war, whilst others have simply left home without telling anybody.

However, the number of disappearances has risen as a result of a growing number of violent crimes and human rights violations, the vast majority of which are linked to drug cartels and the country’s on-going drug war, although some have been tied to the country’s security forces. Since the country’s drug war began in December 2006, up to 120,000 people have been killed.

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