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Mexico's Attorney General Leads National Push to Unify Disappearance Investigations

The initiative centers on coordinated, victim‑focused searches that prioritize locating people alive.

Overview

  • At a national meeting hosted by the FGR on March 20, Ernestina Godoy called for unified investigative criteria and better information sharing in disappearance cases.
  • Godoy stressed that disappearances cut across jurisdictions, urging coordination among federal and state prosecutors, government agencies, search collectives, and independent searchers.
  • She underscored that the first responsibility is to locate people alive as quickly as possible once national alerts are activated.
  • The agenda includes strengthening specialized investigative units and reinforcing penal action to bring perpetrators before the courts with exemplary sentences.
  • SEGOB official Arturo Medina affirmed the issue as a government priority and outlined a strategy focused on territorial operations, specialized tools, and close family accompaniment to guarantee truth, memory, and justice, while no implementation timelines were detailed.