NGO: Kidnappings in Mexico Rise Nearly Nine Percent in October Agencia EFE
go to original November 19, 2014

Parents and some 3,000 public-school students in the city of Chilpancingo, capital of the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, take part in a protest to demand the safe return of 43 trainee teachers who went missing in that state in late September. (EFE)

MEXICO CITY - Mexico officially recorded 194 abductions last month, an 8.9 percent increase from October 2013, when 178 cases were registered, the Association to Stop Kidnapping said Wednesday.

Six kidnappings occur every day in Mexico, according to that non-governmental organization.

"Men are most vulnerable to the crime of kidnapping," accounting for 71 percent of all victims, while the 21-30 age group is most often targeted, representing 24 percent of those abducted, the NGO said.

The central state of Mexico led the nation in kidnapping cases with 59, followed by the northeastern state of Tamaulipas with 32, the Federal District (Mexico City) with 23, the southern state of Guerrero with 12 and the central state of Morelos and the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, which each recorded 11.

October's figures do not include the 43 students from a teacher-training facility in the rural town of Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, who went missing on Sept. 26 in the nearby city of Iguala, a case that has attracted global attention, the NGO said.

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