Migrant disappearances quadruple in Mexico in 2021, says report


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  • Thursday, 12 May 2022

FILE PHOTO: Central American Mothers and other relatives hold up pictures of migrants who disappeared while traveling trying to reach the U.S. border, during a demonstration in Veracruz, Mexico May 6, 2022. Picture taken May 6, 2022. REUTERS/Yahir Ceballos

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Reported cases of missing migrants in Mexico jumped nearly fourfold in 2021 from 2020, as the country struggles to stem the flow of undocumented people from Central America to the United States, according to a report released Wednesday.

The number of missing foreigners grew by 292% to 349 from 89 cases, said the report presented by the Jesuits' Missing Migrant Search Program (SJM), a human rights organization.

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