Interior Ministry relaunches the National Search System with new tools and commissioner

Mexico City – The Secretary of the Interior, Rosa Icela Rodríguez Velázquez, announced the beginning of a “new stage” in the National Search System for Missing Persons, highlighting the strengthening of coordination, identification and justice mechanisms for the families of the disappeared.

During the first session of the National Search System, Rodríguez acknowledged the progress made in recent months, as well as the challenges that still persist in terms of locating and providing comprehensive care to victims.

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“The System has better tools today, but also new challenges,” said the head of Segob.

The official highlighted the addition of Martha Lidia Pérez Gumecindo as the new National Search Commissioner, as well as the integration of the new National Council and the recent reform to the General Law on Forced Disappearance and Search for Persons, which seeks to optimize cooperation between federal and state authorities.

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Rodríguez Velázquez stressed that this renewal will allow for more coordinated and transparent action among the institutions involved in the search, identification and care of the families.

“This will allow us to work in a more coordinated manner to strengthen the processes of locating and identifying missing persons, with the firm commitment to do justice for the families,” he stated.

The relaunch of the System is part of the National Human Rights Plan and seeks to consolidate a unified information base, the use of tracking technologies, and the standardization of protocols among prosecutors' offices, local commissions, and security forces. (With information from El Universal)