Armed with new tech, families track down Mexico’s missing


Relatives of missing persons and activists paint a mural that reads: ‘Where are they? Our children’, during a memorial to mark the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on Aug 29, 2021. From social media to online legal templates, Mexican families are using tech to search for missing relatives and pressure officials into action. — Reuters

MEXICO CITY: It takes painstaking leg work – grieving mothers knocking door to door with photos and bereft wives scouring mass graves for clues. Now victims of Mexico’s missing persons crisis can also use technology to track down their loved ones.

From chatbots to mass texts, social media to online guides, tech has transformed the painful hunt that thousands of Mexicans must undertake to find a ransomed relative.

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