REDIM Reports Disappearances of Mexican Youth Increases by 200 Percent Television del Sur
go to original January 8, 2016

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According to new data released this week by the Mexican Network for Children’s Rights or REDIM disappearances among adolescents increased by 191 percent between 2012 and 2014.

The new figures, which were obtained through the government’s National Registry of Missing Persons database, revealed the disturbing trend that girls between the ages of 15 and 17 are disproportionately affected by enforced disappearances.

According to REDIM, seven out of 10 of missing children are girls between the ages of 15 and 17.

"These are the highest numbers we have seen for this age group since 2006,” REDIM President Alicia Vargas stated.

In its report, REDIM attributed the rise in child disappearances to criminal organizations involved in human trafficking and the ongoing “war on drugs” waged between Mexican security forces and drug trafficking organizations.

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