Mexican president pledges stronger missing persons efforts after mass grave found

FILE PHOTO: A woman places a candle during a vigil for the victims of the clandestine mass grave recently found in Teuchitlan, in the state of Jalisco, in Guadalajara, Mexico March 15, 2025. REUTERS/Michelle Freyria/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday she is signing a decree to strengthen the commission responsible for helping to search for missing persons and will send further reforms to Congress, following the discovery of a mass grave last week.

Mexico has over 124,000 missing people, according to government data, largely a result of drug cartel violence.