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Mexico families display missing‑person posters at World Cup stadium protest

On the day before the opening match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, families of disappeared persons and supporting collectives placed hundreds of search posters (“fichas de búsqueda”) on the walls, bridges and fences surrounding the Estadio Ciudad de México (the former Estadio Azteca). The activists shouted slogans such as “Nos faltan más de 134 000” and displayed a graphic that replaced the national team’s eagle with a shovel, captioned “Campeón en desaparición”. Inocencia González, whose daughter Cynthia is among the missing, said the government’s security deployment of more than 10 000 officers for the tournament contrasts with the fewer than 20 officials assigned to search operations. The protest demanded that the posted fichas not be removed, arguing that each copy represents a living person. Authorities have refused to acknowledge that forced disappearances constitute a crime of humanity, and a proposal from the Jalisco Congress to restrict such posters in public spaces was rejected by the groups.

The demonstrations aim to keep the crisis of over 133 000 missing Mexicans in the public eye while the country prepares to host the world’s most‑watched sporting event.

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