More Than Eight Thousand Children and Adolescents Reported Missing in Mexico Prensa Latina
go to original December 26, 2014

The whereabouts of more than eight thousand children and adolescents are currently unknown in Mexico, according to the National Registry of Lost and Missing Persons Data (RNPED by its acronyms in Spanish), reported today the Excelsior newspaper.

Until last October 30 the Rnped had a total of 23,605 people unaccounted for, of which 8,239 are in the range of zero to 19, which represents 34.9 percent.

Data from the Mexican Ministry of the Interior disclosed that between total of reports in the range between zero and four years is 2,675 lost; between five and nine years 302 have been denounced.

In the range of ten to 14 years the figure is 1,475, and at the age of 15-19, 3,787 are registered as lost or missing.

The registry, produced by the Mexican Ministry of the Interior (SEGOB) with data collected between January and October of the current year, establishes the cases of lost or missing persons for which preliminary investigations were initiated in the Attorney General's Office, as well as prosecutors and state prosecution offices.

Of the total of disappeared, 6,690 are women, and 16,581 are males. Of these 20,288 correspond to Mexican nationals, 127 are foreigners, and in 2,856 cases this information is not specified.

So far this year through October, 4,936 cases were reported.

Tamaulipas in northeastern Mexico, is the state with the highest number of missing persons, with 5,293.

Next on the list is Jalisco, with 2,139, the State of Mexico, with 1,730; Coahuila, 1,428; Sinaloa, 1,393; and Baja California, 1,157.

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