New Procedures for Finding Missing Persons Replace Traditional Delays Sergio Ramos - Infosurhoy.com
go to original May 2, 2013

Mothers of missing persons in northern Mexico stage a protest outside the Government Palace in the city of Saltillo in Coahuila, the state from which Províctima has received the second-highest number of missing person reports. (FUUNDEC)

MEXICO CITY – The traditional practice of waiting 72 hours before investigating the report of a missing person may change in Mexico.

To make searches faster and more efficient, the Office for the Victims of Crime (Províctima) is working with all of the country’s attorney generals and public prosecutors to implement the “Protocol for the Search for Disappeared or Missing Persons.”

... The protocol seeks to standardize the efforts of the country’s police forces, based on the best investigation techniques and open lines of communication between the agencies and companies that may provide information about a missing person.

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