Zapopan and Guadalajara Have Most Missing Persons in Jalisco José Luis Escamilla - Notisistema
go to original February 20, 2024

With the launching of the State Registry of Missing Persons, statistics can be consulted to help gauge the extent of the problem.

According to the website, there are 14,487 people reported missing in Jalisco.

Of these the largest number of cases are concentrated in the metropolitan area with Zapopan in first place with 17.7 percent of the state total, followed by Guadalajara with 17.2 percent.

Of the municipalities in the interior of the state, Lagos de Moreno has the highest rate with 550 missing persons and Puerto Vallarta with 457.

Of the total number of missing persons in Jalisco, 88 percent are men and 12 percent are women.

The site also reveals that so far during the current state administration, 15,481 people who had been reported missing have been located, and of these 23 percent were victims of violence, meaning that in the rest of the cases they could have been voluntary absences.

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This material was translated from Spanish using AI technologies. Errors may exist due to this process.

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