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CJNG recruitment and teen disappearances

25 clusters · 117 sources · last updated

Latest: Mexico criminal groups relocate recruited youths to avoid detection

By September 2026, the recruitment of minors by organized crime in Mexico and Honduras has escalated into a profound social crisis. Anthropologist Elena Azaola Garrido estimates that approximately 40,000 children and ado

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Mexico missing persons crisis expands and evolves

50 clusters · 239 sources · last updated

Latest: Mexico disappearance crisis: activists search wastewater channels for remains

The missing persons crisis in Mexico continues to intensify, with the National Registry of Disappeared and Unlocated Persons (RNPDNO) documenting over 135,000 missing individuals and 72,000 sets of unidentified remains.

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Aguirre arrested and linked to Ayotzinapa case

12 clusters · 208 sources · last updated

Latest: Ayotzinapa students protest in Guerrero over 43 missing classmates

Former Guerrero Governor Ángel Aguirre Rivero remains in custody at the Altiplano maximum-security prison following his arrest and formal link to the 2014 forced disappearance of 43 Ayotzinapa students. The Fiscalía Gene

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Missing persons and clandestine graves in Coahuila

2 clusters · 16 sources · last updated

Latest: Humanitarian and search efforts intensify across Latin America and Spain

In Coahuila, Mexico, authorities and search collectives have uncovered significant quantities of human remains in clandestine graves. State officials and the group Grupo VIDA reported recovering over one ton of bone rema

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