Overview
- President Claudia Sheinbaum pledged in Irapuato to strengthen forensic records and expand genetic identification to improve identifications of the missing.
- Sheinbaum said progress requires coordination by state fiscalías and courts under the recently reformed General Law on Enforced Disappearance.
- Interior Minister Rosa Icela Rodríguez said advances will be presented soon, noting work with prosecutor Ernestina Godoy and National Search Commission head Martha Lidia Pérez Guzmán.
- Authorities acknowledged backlogs in identifying remains from graves and cemeteries and called for nationwide updates to forensic registries this year and beyond.
- Reporting highlights digitization and the CURP biométrica tied to the Plataforma Única de Identidad as tools for national cross‑checks of DNA, fingerprints and facial data, including records for minors from age five.