The official number of disappeared persons in Mexico was 130,000 at the time of the EuroLat visit, and that number continues to increase.
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- The exact official figure at the time of the EuroLat visit (26–28 May 2026) was approximately 132,534 disappeared and unlocated persons (RNPDNO update presented in March 2026), slightly above the round figure of 130,000 cited by the MEP; the difference (≈2%) falls within standard rounding tolerance.
- In March 2026 the government announced a reinterpretation of the registry, stating that around 40,000 of the roughly 130,000 people listed could potentially be alive, without reducing the official total of disappeared/unlocated persons.
- No primary official source (SEGOB/CNB database page) was directly retrieved; corroboration rests on multiple independent news and NGO sources, all published before the session date.
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- PrimaryEuropean Parliament — EuroLat AssemblyReunión de la Asamblea Parlamentaria Euro-Latinoamericana en la Ciudad de México del 26 al 28 de mayo de 2026. (Meeting of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly in Mexico City from 26 to 28 May 2026.)
- SecondaryReutersMexican authorities said on Friday they have potentially identified more than 40,000 people listed as disappeared who may be alive, out of the country's roughly 130,000 officially registered disappeared persons.
- SecondaryEl País (México)El Gobierno desglosa el registro oficial, con más de 130.000 desaparecidos desde 2006: el 33% no ha tenido ningún tipo de 'actividad' tras su desaparición. (The government breaks down the official registry, with more than 130,000 disappeared since 2006.)
- Secondary¿A dónde van los desaparecidos? (Funded by the Open Society Foundations)El Gobierno federal reconoce que la cifra total de desapariciones es de 132,534 personas. (The federal government acknowledges that the total number of disappearances is 132,534 people.)
- SecondaryInternational Human Rights Network (HRN)There are over 132,000 disappeared people in Mexico as of April 2026 according to Mexico's National Registry of Disappeared Persons.