Mexico to launch database of over 100,000 'disappeared' people

Relatives of missing people take part in a protest demanding truth and justice for victims on Mother's Day, at the Angel of Independence Monument in Mexico City, Mexico May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico will launch a new tool later this month to help record information on the tens of thousands of people who have gone missing, the country's federal prosecutors office (FGR) said on Thursday.

The registry is set to gather information from a number of databases covering mass and clandestine graves, arrests, torture crimes, criminal records, fingerprints and genetics, the FGR said in Mexico's official gazette.