Relatives of missing persons place photographs of their loved ones as they demand the building of a memorial dedicated to all the people that have gone missing in the country, in Mexico City, Mexico May 15, 2022. REUTERS/Luis Cortes
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The number of people officially listed as disappeared in Mexico has risen to more than 100,000, government data showed on Monday, as family groups called on authorities to do more to find victims of violence linked to organized crime.
The Interior Ministry's national registry of missing people dates back to 1964 and is updated periodically. Over the past two years, it has risen from about 73,000 people to more than 100,000, most of them men.
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