Mexico disappearances: Thousands march for the 130,000 missing:
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Mexico’s Struggle Over 130,000 Missing PersonsMore than 130,000 have disappeared in Mexico since 2007, many linked to drug cartels or security forces amid ongoing protests.
- Thousands marched across multiple Mexican cities demanding stronger government measures against enforced disappearances on the International Day of the Disappeared.
- Most missing individuals since 2007 vanished amid the drug war, with cartels and some security forces implicated in these cases.
- Affected families have formed search groups that risk their safety to follow leads on mass graves and locate the missing.
- The United Nations describes the scale of disappearances as a human tragedy of vast proportions in Latin America.
President, what does a country that sows bodies harvest?— A woman holds a sign during a protest in Mexico City.
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