As of May 16, 2025, 128,064 missing persons were reported across Mexico, 76.82 percent of them identified as men and 22.85 percent as women, reported the Red Lupa (Lupa Network). It also noted that the percentage of missing persons cases doubled from 2024 to 2025.
The Red Lupa (Lupa Network) is an initiative of the Mexican Institute for Human Rights and Democracy that operates as a digital platform for citizen assessment and analysis of the General Law on Enforced Disappearances and Disappearances Committed by Individuals.
To raise awareness about the situation in the state of Michoacán, its members held a press conference this Friday, indicating that as of May of this year, 6,829 missing persons have been reported, 5,736 identified as men and 1,087 as women.
According to the report, 625 people were under 18 years old when they disappeared, 290 of whom were children. Among women who disappeared as of May of this year, the most frequent age group for disappearances is 15 to 19 years old, representing 21.52 percent of the disappearances.
The report also indicates that Morelia has the highest number of missing persons cases, increasing from 640 to 784 cases year-over-year. Uruapan remains in second place with the most disappearances, surpassing 92 cases in 2024.
Zamora ranks third with an increase of 87 cases compared to 2024. Apatzingán was not among the five municipalities with the most disappearances in 2024; by 2025, it had risen to fourth place in the state with 324 cases, and Lázaro Cárdenas was in fifth place.
Source: esferanoticias
