Mexico's Missing: 40K Cases Re-emerge

0:00It's March 28th. This is Global News Today, driven by AI tracking the world in real time. Mexico's government released a report showing signs of life for about a third of the country's 130,000 registered missing people. By checking records like vaccinations, births, marriages, and taxes, officials found 40,367 cases with recent activity suggesting those folks might still be around. They even located in March 5269, as found. Earlier this week, security official Marcella Figueroa explained many turned out to be voluntary disappearances, like men leaving partners or women, escaping abuse. She noted not all cases are forced, and the government is pushing local prosecutors to investigate more thoroughly since less than 10 percent of. Inactive cases are under review right now. Search groups fired back hard, calling the report misleading and another way to downplay the crisis. Families and activists, like those in Galisco, say it hides the true scale and lacks clear

1:03methods, especially with deep distrust from years of, corruption, and poor investigations. This fits into a long debate over missing person's data since the drug war kicked off in 2006. Authorities claim numbers are inflated with duplicates and bad info from local offices, while critics argue the real count is higher due to unreported, cases and fear. Meanwhile, efforts continue to clean up the registry and boost searches, but families worry it shifts blame and slows their own dangerous hunts for.