According to the results report of the National Census of Justice Services, Forensic Services and/or Forensic Medical Services, in 2025 the Institute of Criminalistics and Forensic Services of Nuevo León received 167,358 pieces of fragments of human remains, representing 99.18 percent of the total received in Mexico last year by the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic and the State Units.
In addition, the document presented by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) states that 201 fetal deaths were received in the state last year, representing 14.5 percent of the 1,386 reported nationwide.
Meanwhile, according to the INEGI publication, no human remains segments or human components and products were reported as received in the state in 2025.
It is important to mention that, according to the authority, a fragment of human remains is defined as a portion of an anatomical structure with or without soft tissue, regardless of its state of decomposition and/or preservation.
A fetal death, meanwhile, is a fetus resulting from death in the uterus.
Regarding a human remains segment, INEGI states that it is a complete skeletal structure without soft tissue, anatomically related by contiguity, or an anatomical structure with soft tissue regardless of its state of decomposition or preservation. It may consist of a single bone or a group of bones that are anatomically related by contiguity.
In the case of human components and products, these refer to organs, tissues, cells, and substances that make up the human body, as well as any tissue or substance extruded, excreted, or expelled by the human body as a result of normal physiological processes.
In general, in 2025, the Federal Forensic Services Center of the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) and the state institutions responsible for forensic services and/or forensic medical services, including the Human Identification Regional Center of the Coahuila Search Commission, received, in terms of human remains, 2,381 pieces and 157 kilograms of segments; 168,738 pieces and 49.6 kilograms of fragments; 532 pieces of unidentified human remains; 1,386 fetal deaths; and 3,718 human components and products.
Regarding bodies, in 2025 the FGR and the State Units received 97,920, which was 2.1 percent fewer than in 2024. Of these, 4,433 were reported in Nuevo León, representing 4.53 percent of the national total.
“Of the total number of bodies received in 2025, the State of Mexico, Guanajuato, Baja California, and Mexico City accounted for 11,047 (11.3 percent), 7,245 (7.4 percent), 6,914 (7.1 percent), and 6,815 (7 percent), respectively. Regarding sex, women represented 17 percent; men, 82.1 percent; and in 0.9 percent, sex could not be determined.”
“According to their state of preservation, 85,152 bodies, or 87 percent, were received complete with preservation of soft tissues; 3,116, or 3.2 percent, were complete and in a state of decomposition; 1,172, or 1.2 percent, were complete and skeletonized; and 586, or 0.6 percent, were complete with exposure to fire,” the official report stated.
Source: milenio
