The Geographical Breakdown of Mexico's 26,000 Disappeared Charles Parkinson - InSight Crime
go to original June 21, 2013

A report on the geographical patterns of disappearances in Mexico highlights the country’s most embattled regions, outlining the human toll of the internecine conflict between the state and warring criminal groups.

The interactive map, published by Univision, examines the disappearances which occurred during the six-year presidency of Felipe Calderon, who left office in December.

It exposes a significant gender divide in the patterns of disappearances, with some municipalities, such as Mina in the northeastern state of Nuevo Leon and Yaxcaba in Yucatan State, only registering women as missing.

Of the 26,567 disappearances plotted, almost half occurred in the Federal District (DF) of Mexico City, the state of Mexico, and the US border state of Tamaulipas.

The Univision map also shows that a few states, such as Nayarit, have registered few disappearances even though they border other states where it remains a serious problem.

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